Pagasa

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

Păgăsa, ae, and Păgăsae, ārum, f., = Παγασαί,

I a maritime town of Thessaly , afterwards called Demetrias, where the Argo was built : urbem Pagasam amplexus, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Prop. 1, 20, 17.— Plur. , Val. Fl. 8, 451; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.—Hence,

A Pă-găsaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pagasa , Pagasaean : sinus, Mel. 2, 3, 6: colles, Ov. F. 5, 401: puppis, the Argo , id. M. 7, 1; also called carina, id. ib. 13, 24: Jason, id. ib. 8, 349: conjux Pagasaea, i. e. Alcestis , id. A. A. 3, 19.—

B Păgăsēĭus , a, um, adj., Pagasaean : puppis, the Argo , Val. Fl. 1, 422.—

C Păgăsĭcus , a, um, adj., Pagasaean : sinus, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; 4, 12, 23, § 72.