Phrixus (-os, erroneously written Phryxus), i, m., = Φρίξος,
I son of Athamas and Nephele , and brother of Helle , with whom he fled to Colchis on a ram with a golden fleece; he there sacrificed the ram , and hung up its golden fleece in the grove of Ares , whence it was afterwards brought back to Greece by Jason and the Argonauts , Hyg. Fab. 2; 3; 14; 21; Ov. H. 18, 143; id. A. A. 3, 175: Phrixi litora, i. e. the shores of the Hellespont , Stat. Ach. 1, 28; called also, semita Phrixi, id. ib. 1, 409: portitor Phrixi, i. e. the constellation Aries , Col. 10, 155.— Com. : aliquem facere arietem Phrixi, i. e. to strip of money , Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7. —Hence,
II Phrixēus ( Phryx- ), a, um, adj.
A Of or belonging to Phrixus , Phrixean : vellera, the golden fleece , Ov. M. 7, 7; Col. 10, 368: Phrixeae stagna sororis, i. e. the Hellespont , Ov. F. 4, 278; called also, pontus, Luc. 6, 56; and, mare, Sen. Herc. Oet. 776: aequor, Stat. Th. 6, 542: Phrixei Colchi, where Phrixus was hospitably received , Val. Fl. 1, 391: maritus, i. e. a ram , Mart. 14, 211: agnus, the constellation Aries , id. 10, 51, 1.—
B Aegean : Phrixeum mare, the Aegean Sea , Sen. Agam. 564. —
III Phrixĭānus ( Phryx- ), a, um, Phrixian , made of superior wool : toga, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 195.— Subst. piur. : Phrixĭā-nae , ārum, f., clothing made of superior wool , Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 7.