Pholoe

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

Phŏlŏē, ēs, f., = Φολόη.

I A forestclad mountain in Arcadia , on the borders of Elis , Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21; Ov. F. 2, 273; Stat. Th. 10, 228.—

II A mountain in Thessaly , the abode of the Centaurs , Luc. 3, 198; Stat. Ach. 1, 138.—Hence,

B Phŏlŏē-tĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount Pholoe , in Thessaly : monstra, i. e. the Centaurs , Sid. Carm. 5, 230.

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