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<b class="b2">Of Pisa, fem.</b> adj.: Πισᾶτις, -ιδος. | <b class="b2">Of Pisa, fem.</b> adj.: Πισᾶτις, -ιδος. | ||
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|lshtext=<b>Pīsa</b>: ae, and, [[less]] freq., Pīsae, ārum, f., = [[Πῖσα]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[city]] of [[Elis]], on the Alphēus, [[near]] [[which]] the Olympic games were [[celebrated]]: aut Alphea rotis praelabi flumina [[Pisae]], Verg. G. 3, 180: [[Pisa]], Ov. Ib. 327; Stat. Th. 4, 238: [[Pisae]] Oenomai, Mel. 2, 3, 4.—Hence, Pīsaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Pisa]], Pisœan: [[Arethusa]], so called [[because]], acc. to the [[myth]], it [[rose]] in [[Elis]], Ov. M. 5, 409: [[hasta]], of Oenomăus, [[king]] of [[Elis]], id. Am. 3, 2, 15: Pisaeā lege trementem currere et Oenomai [[fremitus]] audire sequentis, i. e. the [[law]] by [[which]] [[any]] one [[who]] demanded [[Hippodamia]] in [[marriage]], [[was]] compelled to [[contend]] in the [[chariot]]-[[race]] [[with]] her [[father]] [[Oenomaus]], and, if defeated, [[was]] [[put]] to [[death]], Stat. S. 1, 2, 41: Pisaeique tori legem, Nemes. Cyn. 23: Pisaeae [[ramus]] olivae, Juv. 13, 99: praemia, prizes, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.: [[annus]], in [[which]] the Olympic games took [[place]], Stat. S. 1, 3, 8; id. Th. 1, 421: [[ebur]] Pisaeo pollice rasum, by the [[hand]] [[which]] [[wrought]] the Olympic Jove, i. e. [[that]] of [[Phidias]], id. S. 4, 6, 29.—<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: Pīsaea, ae, f., [[Hippodamia]], Ov. Tr. 2, 386. | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Πῖσα, ἡ.
People of Pisa: Πισᾶται, οἱ.
Of Pisa, fem. adj.: Πισᾶτις, -ιδος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pīsa: ae, and, less freq., Pīsae, ārum, f., = Πῖσα>,
I a city of Elis, on the Alphēus, near which the Olympic games were celebrated: aut Alphea rotis praelabi flumina Pisae, Verg. G. 3, 180: Pisa, Ov. Ib. 327; Stat. Th. 4, 238: Pisae Oenomai, Mel. 2, 3, 4.—Hence, Pīsaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pisa, Pisœan: Arethusa, so called because, acc. to the myth, it rose in Elis, Ov. M. 5, 409: hasta, of Oenomăus, king of Elis, id. Am. 3, 2, 15: Pisaeā lege trementem currere et Oenomai fremitus audire sequentis, i. e. the law by which any one who demanded Hippodamia in marriage, was compelled to contend in the chariot-race with her father Oenomaus, and, if defeated, was put to death, Stat. S. 1, 2, 41: Pisaeique tori legem, Nemes. Cyn. 23: Pisaeae ramus olivae, Juv. 13, 99: praemia, prizes, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.: annus, in which the Olympic games took place, Stat. S. 1, 3, 8; id. Th. 1, 421: ebur Pisaeo pollice rasum, by the hand which wrought the Olympic Jove, i. e. that of Phidias, id. S. 4, 6, 29.—
B Subst.: Pīsaea, ae, f., Hippodamia, Ov. Tr. 2, 386.
