Parrhasia
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Parrhasiis Proper-name noun: feminine dative plural, Proper-name noun: feminine ablative plural of Parrhasia
Parrhasiis Proper-name noun: masculine ablative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine dative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter ablative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter dative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine ablative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine dative plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine ablative plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine dative plural of Parrhasius
- a town of Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Hence,
- A Parrhăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., Parrhasian; poet. for Arcadian: Parrhasis ursa, the Great Bear, Ov. H. 18, 152: Arctos, id. Tr. 1, 3, 48: Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones, id. F. 4, 577.—Subst.: Parrhasis erubuit, i.e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 460.—
- B Parrhăsĭus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: Parrhasius Evander, Verg. A. 11, 31: dea, i.e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, Ov. F. 1, 618: nives, id. ib. 2, 276: virgo, i.e. Callisto, id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury, who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660: triones, Charles's Wain, Mart. 6, 58, 1; called also Parrhasium jugum, id. 6, 25, 2: ursa, the Great Bear, id. 4, 11, 3: axis, the north pole, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1281.—
- 2 Transf., Palatine, imperial (because Evander the Arcadian settled on the Palatine Hill): Parrhasia domus, Mart. 7, 56, 2: aula, id. 7, 99, 3; 8, 36, 3; 12, 15, 1.
PARRHA´SIA, PARRHA´SII. [ARCADIA 192b.]
(Παρρασία). A district in the south of Arcadia. The adjective Parrhasius is frequently used by the poets as equivalent to Arcadian.
- Paus. 8.38.3
- Parrhasians: Paus. 6.8.2, Paus. 8.27.2
- towns of the Parrhasians: Paus. 8.27.4