Phaeaces

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

Phaeāces, um, m., = Φαίακες,

I the Phaeacians , the fabled luxurious inhabitants of the isle of Scheria (in historic times, Corcyra), Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Verg. A. 3, 291; Ov. M. 13, 719; Juv. 5, 151.—In sing.: Phae-ax , ācis, m., a Phaeacian; transf., of a man in good case, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 24.—As adj.: Phaeax populus, Juv. 15, 23.—Hence,

A Phaeācĭa , ae, f., = Φαιακία, the country of the Phaeacians , the isle of Scheria ( Corcyra ), in the Ionian Sea : Corcyra Homero dicta Scheria et Phaeacia, Callimacho etiam Drepane, Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 52; Tib. 1, 3, 3.—

B Phaeācis , ĭdis, adj., = Φαιακίς, Phaeacian ; subst.: Phaeācis , ĭdis, f. (sc. Musa), a poem on the sojourn of Ulysses in Phaeacia , Ov. P. 4, 12, 27; 16, 27.—

C Phaeācĭus , a, um, adj., = Φαιάκιος, Phaeacian : tellus, Tib. 4, 1, 78; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 47.—

D Phaeācus , a, um, adj., = Φαίακος, Phaeacian : silvae, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 51.

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