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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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: Pīsaea, ae, f., [[Hippodamia]], Ov. Tr. 2, 386.

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