Pāsĭphăē, ēs, and Pāsĭphăa, ae, = Πασιφάη (the All-shining),
I daughter of Helios , sister of Circe , wife of Minos , and mother of Androgeus , Phaedra , and Ariadne , and also of the Minotaur by a beautiful bull , which Venus , out of hatred , had inspired her with a passion for , Ov. A. A. 1, 295; Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48; id. Div. 1, 43, 96; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 14; Hyg. Fab. 40: Pasiphaen nivei solatur amore juvenci, Verg. E. 6, 46: Pasiphaae fano, Cic. Div. l. l.: Pasiphaes gener, i.e. Theseus , Ov. Ib. 90.— Hence,
II Pāsĭphăēïus , a, um, adj., Pasiphaean. —In the fem. subst. : Pāsĭ-phaēïa , Phaedra , Ov. M. 15, 500.