Phărus or -os, i, f. (m., Suet. Claud. 20), = Φάρος.
I An island near Alexandria , in Egypt , where King Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous light-house , hence called pharus, now Faro , Mel. 2, 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 19.—
B Transf., of the lighthouse in the island of Pharos : Pharus est in insulā turris, magnā altitudine, mirificis operibus exstructa, quae nomen ab insulā accepit, Caes. B. C. 3, 112: superposuit turrem in exemplum Alexandrini Phari, Suet. Claud. 20; Juv. 6, 83; of other light-houses : pharon subiit, Val. Fl. 7, 84: turris phari terrae motu Capreis concidit, Suet. Tib. 74: Tyrrhena, Juv. 12, 76.—
C Transf., poet., Egypt : regina Phari, Stat. S. 3, 2, 102: petimus Pharon arvaque Lagi, Luc. 8, 433.— Hence,
1 Phărĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pharus , Pharian , Egyptian (post-class.): sistra, Ap. Met. 2, 28, 13.—
2 Phărĭus , a, um, adj., = Φάριος, of or belonging to Pharus , Pharian; of the lighthouse : flammae, Luc. 9, 1004.—Poet., transf., Egyptian : Pharia juvenca, i. e. Io , Ov. F. 5, 619; but Isis , Mart. 10, 48, 1; nence, turba, the priests of Isis , Tib. 1, 3, 32: conjux, i. e. Cleopatra , Mart. 4, 11, 4: dolores, the lamentations of the Egyptian women at the festival of Isis for the lost Osiris , Stat. S. 5, 3, 244: piscis, i. e. the crocodile , Ov. A. A. 3, 270: acetum, Juv. 13, 85.—As subst.: Phărĭa , ae, f., Isis : SACRVM PHARIAE, Vet. Kalend. ap. Grut. 138.—
3 Phărītae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Pharos , Auct. B. Alex. 19.—
II A small island on the coast of Dalmatia , formerly called Paros ( Parus ), now Lesina , Mel. 2, 7, 13.