Parrhăsĭa (Parră-), ae, f., = Παρρασία,
I a town of Arcadia , Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Hence,
A Parrhăsis , ĭdis, f. adj., Parrhasian; poet. for Arcadian : Parrhasis ursa, the Great Bear , Ov. H. 18, 152: Arctos, id. Tr. 1, 3, 48: Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones, id. F. 4, 577.—Subst.: Parrhasis erubuit, i. e. Callisto , Ov. M. 2, 460.—
B Parrhăsĭus , a, um, adj., Arcadian : Parrhasius Evander, Verg. A. 11, 31: dea, i. e. Carmenta , the mother of Evander , Ov. F. 1, 618: nives, id. ib. 2, 276: virgo, i. e. Callisto , id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury , who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660: triones, Charles's Wain , Mart. 6, 58, 1; called also Parrhasium jugum, id. 6, 25, 2: ursa, the Great Bear , id. 4, 11, 3: axis, the north pole , Sen. Herc. Oet. 1281.—
2 Transf., Palatine , imperial (because Evander the Arcadian settled on the Palatine Hill): Parrhasia domus, Mart. 7, 56, 2: aula, id. 7, 99, 3; 8, 36, 3; 12, 15, 1.