Phlius

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

Phlīūs, untis, m., = Φλιοῦς,

I a city of Peloponnesus , between Sicyon and Argolis , at the sources of the Aesopus , now Polyfengo , Liv. 28, 7, 6; Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.—Hence,

II Phlīāsĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phlius , Phliasian : sermo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 10: regna, Ov. Ib. 329.— Plur. subst.

A Phlīāsĭi , ōrum, m., the Phliasians , Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8.—

B Phlī-untĭi , ōrum, m., the same, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8. This passage Cicero afterwards corrected, and wrote Phliasii: Phliasios autem dici sciebam, et ita fac ut habeas: nos quidem sic habemus. Sed primo me ἀναλογία deceperat, etc., Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3.

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