I.a very ancient town in Phocis, near Delphi, devoted to Apollo, Liv. 42, 15, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 474; Luc. 3, 172; Mart, 1, 77; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—Hence,
II. Cirrhaeus (Cirraeus ), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cirrha, or (in post-Aug. poets freq.) to Apollo: “campi,” Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7: “templa,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 92: “Cirrhaea vates,” i. e. of Delphi, Delphic, of the Pythia, Sen. Oedip. 269; cf. “virgo,” Stat. Th. 3, 106: “Cirrhaeus vates,” of Apollo, Juv. 13, 79: “antra,” i.e. the Delphic oracle, Luc. 5, 95; Sil. 3, 9: “hiatus,” Stat. Th. 8, 331: “secreta,” Luc. 1, 64.
