Parrhasia
Ἴσον ἐστὶν ὀργῇ καὶ θάλασσα καὶ γυνή → Mulier et mare sunt isdem plane moribus → In ihrem Naturell sind Frau und Meerflut gleich
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Παρρασία, ἡ.
Of Parrhasia, adj.: P. and V. Παρράσιος, P. Παρρασικός.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Parrhăsĭa: (Parră-), ae, f., = Παρρασία,
I a town of Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Hence,
A Parrhăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., Parrhasian; poet. for Arcadian: Parrhasis ursa, the Great Bear, Ov. H. 18, 152: Arctos, id. Tr. 1, 3, 48: Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones, id. F. 4, 577.—Subst.: Parrhasis erubuit, i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 460.—
B Parrhăsĭus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: Parrhasius Evander, Verg. A. 11, 31: dea, i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, Ov. F. 1, 618: nives, id. ib. 2, 276: virgo, i. e. Callisto, id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury, who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660: triones, Charles's Wain, Mart. 6, 58, 1; called also Parrhasium jugum, id. 6, 25, 2: ursa, the Great Bear, id. 4, 11, 3: axis, the north pole, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1281.—
2 Transf., Palatine, imperial (because Evander the Arcadian settled on the Palatine Hill): Parrhasia domus, Mart. 7, 56, 2: aula, id. 7, 99, 3; 8, 36, 3; 12, 15, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Parrhăsĭa, æ, ou -sĭē, ēs, f. (Παρρασία), ville d’Arcadie : Plin. 4, 20.
