Phaon

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

Phăon, ōnis, m., = Φάων.

I A youth of Lesbos beloved by Sappho without return , Ov. H. 15, 11; Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20; Mart. 10, 35, 18.—As a prov. of coldness, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 32.—

II Phăon , ontis, m., a freedman of the emperor Nero , Suet. Ner. 48 and 49.