Paphus

1.

Păphos or -us, i, m., = Paphos, son of Pygmalion, and founder of the city of Paphos (v. 2. Paphos), Ov. M. 10, 297; Hyg. Fab. 242.

2.

Păphos ( -us ), i, f., = Paphos, a city on the island of Cyprus, sacred to Venus, with a celebrated temple of Venus, the modern Baffo, Hor. C. 1, 30, 1; Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 2, 96, 97, § 210; Tac. H. 2, 2:

est celsa mihi Paphos,

Verg. A. 10, 51:

illa Paphon veterem linquens,

Stat. Th. 5, 61:

qui eum de Pharsalicā fugā Paphum persecuti sunt,

Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 39.—Hence,

A.

Păphĭă-cus, a, um, adj., Paphian, Avien. Perieg. 227.—

B.

Păphĭē, ēs, f., the Paphian, i. e. Venus:

sive cupis Paphien,

Mart. 7, 74, 4; Aus. Idyll. 14, 21.—

2.

A sort of lettuce that grew on the island of Cyprus, Col. 10, 193. —

C.

Păphĭus, a, um, adj., Paphian:

Paphiae myrti,

Ov. A. A. 3, 181:

Paphia Venus,

Tac. H. 2, 2:

lampades,

the planet Venus, Stat. S. 5, 4, 8:

Nicocles,

of Paphos, Plin. 11, 37, 63, § 167.—In plur.: Păphii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Paphos, Cic. Fam. 13, 48.—

2.

Paphii thyrsi, the stalks of the Cyprian lettuce, Col. 10, 370.