Pharian

Phărus or - os, i, f. (m., Suet. Claud. 20), = Pharos.

An island near Alexandria, in Egypt, where King Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous light-house, hence called pharus, now Faro, Mel. 2, 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 19.—

Transf., of the lighthouse in the island of Pharos:

Pharus est in insulā turris, magnā altitudine, mirificis operibus exstructa, quae nomen ab insulā accepit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

superposuit turrem in exemplum Alexandrini Phari,

Suet. Claud. 20; Juv. 6, 83; of other light-houses:

pharon subiit,

Val. Fl. 7, 84:

turris phari terrae motu Capreis concidit,

Suet. Tib. 74:

Tyrrhena,

Juv. 12, 76.—

Transf., poet., Egypt:

regina Phari,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 102:

petimus Pharon arvaque Lagi,

Luc. 8, 433.— Hence,

Phărĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian, Egyptian (post-class.):

sistra,

App. M. 2, p. 127, 11.—

Phărĭus, a, um, adj., = Pharios, of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian; of the lighthouse:

flammae,

Luc. 9, 1004.— Poet., transf., Egyptian: Pharia juvenca, i. e. Io, Ov. F. 5, 619; but Isis, Mart. 10, 48, 1;

nence, turba,

the priests of Isis, Tib. 1, 3, 32:

conjux,

i. e. Cleopatra, Mart. 4, 11, 4:

dolores,

the lamentations of the Egyptian women at the festival of Isis for the lost Osiris, Stat. S. 5, 3, 244:

piscis,

i. e. the crocodile, Ov. A. A. 3, 270:

acetum,

Juv. 13, 85.—As subst.: Phărĭa, ae, f., Isis: SACRVM PHARIAE, Vet. Kalend. ap. Grut. 138.—

Phărītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Pharos, Auct. B. Alex. 19.—

A small island on the coast of Dalmatia, formerly called Paros ( Parus), now Lesina, Mel. 2, 7, 13.

Phărus or - os, i, f. (m., Suet. Claud. 20), = Pharos.

An island near Alexandria, in Egypt, where King Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous light-house, hence called pharus, now Faro, Mel. 2, 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 19.—

Transf., of the lighthouse in the island of Pharos:

Pharus est in insulā turris, magnā altitudine, mirificis operibus exstructa, quae nomen ab insulā accepit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

superposuit turrem in exemplum Alexandrini Phari,

Suet. Claud. 20; Juv. 6, 83; of other light-houses:

pharon subiit,

Val. Fl. 7, 84:

turris phari terrae motu Capreis concidit,

Suet. Tib. 74:

Tyrrhena,

Juv. 12, 76.—

Transf., poet., Egypt:

regina Phari,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 102:

petimus Pharon arvaque Lagi,

Luc. 8, 433.— Hence,

Phărĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian, Egyptian (post-class.):

sistra,

App. M. 2, p. 127, 11.—

Phărĭus, a, um, adj., = Pharios, of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian; of the lighthouse:

flammae,

Luc. 9, 1004.— Poet., transf., Egyptian: Pharia juvenca, i. e. Io, Ov. F. 5, 619; but Isis, Mart. 10, 48, 1;

nence, turba,

the priests of Isis, Tib. 1, 3, 32:

conjux,

i. e. Cleopatra, Mart. 4, 11, 4:

dolores,

the lamentations of the Egyptian women at the festival of Isis for the lost Osiris, Stat. S. 5, 3, 244:

piscis,

i. e. the crocodile, Ov. A. A. 3, 270:

acetum,

Juv. 13, 85.—As subst.: Phărĭa, ae, f., Isis: SACRVM PHARIAE, Vet. Kalend. ap. Grut. 138.—

Phărītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Pharos, Auct. B. Alex. 19.—

A small island on the coast of Dalmatia, formerly called Paros ( Parus), now Lesina, Mel. 2, 7, 13.