Parrasia

Parrhăsĭa ( Parră- ), ae, f., = Parrasia, 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, [p. 1306] 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.