Appias

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Appias, ădis, f. [Appius].

I An epithet of the nympi at the fountain of Aqua Appia (v. Applus), whose waters gushed forth near the temple of Venus: Non illas lites Appias ipsa probat, Ov. R. Am. 660; id. A. A. 1, 82.—Hence, transf., to her statues , found at the neighboring temple of Venus: Appiadesque deae, Ov. A. A. 3, 452.—

II An epithet of Minerva , given by Cicero jestingly, to flatter Appius Pulcher, in imitation of the appellative Pallas, Cic. Fam. 3, 1 Manut.