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1 Pharos (-rus)
Pharos (-rus) ī, f an island near Alexandria, with a famous light-house, Cs., O., Iu.—The lighthouse at Pharos, Cs.—A light-house: Tyrrhena, Iu. -
2 Pharia
I.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.—B.Transf., of the lighthouse in the island of Pharos:C.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:1.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.):2.sistra,
App. M. 2, p. 127, 11.—Phărĭus, a, um, adj., = Pharios, of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian; of the lighthouse:3.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.—II. -
3 Pharus
I.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.—B.Transf., of the lighthouse in the island of Pharos:C.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:1.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.):2.sistra,
App. M. 2, p. 127, 11.—Phărĭus, a, um, adj., = Pharios, of or belonging to Pharus, Pharian; of the lighthouse:3.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.—II. -
4 Φάρος
A Pharos, an island in the bay of Alexandria, Od. 4.355, E.Hel.5, Th.1.104, etc.; famous for its lighthouse, Str.17.1.6, etc.: hence [full] Φάριαι: σκοπιαὶ Φάριαι the watch-tower of Pharos, Alciphr.2.4.II as Appell., φάρος, ὁ, lighthouse, AP9.671, 11.117 (Strat.).
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