Cirrha

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

Cirrha (Cirra), ae, f., = Κίρρα,

I a very ancient town in Phocis , near Delphi , devoted to Apollo, Liv. 42, 15, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 474; Luc. 3, 172; Mart, 1, 77; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—Hence,

II Cirrhaeus ( Cirraeus ), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cirrha , or (in post-Aug. poets freq.) to Apollo : campi, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7: templa, Sen. Herc. Oet. 92: Cirrhaea vates, i. e. of Delphi , Delphic , of the Pythia , Sen. Oedip. 269; cf. virgo, Stat. Th. 3, 106: Cirrhaeus vates, of Apollo , Juv. 13, 79: antra, i.e. the Delphic oracle , Luc. 5, 95; Sil. 3, 9: hiatus, Stat. Th. 8, 331: secreta, Luc. 1, 64.

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