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Păgăsa , ae, and Păgăsae , ārum, f., = Παγασαί,
I.a maritime town of Thessaly, afterwards called Demetrias, where the Argo was built: “urbem Pagasam amplexus,” Mel. 2, 3, 6; Prop. 1, 20, 17.—Plur., Val. Fl. 8, 451; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.—Hence,
A. Pă-găsaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pagasa, Pagasœan: “sinus,” Mel. 2, 3, 6: “colles,” Ov. F. 5, 401: “puppis,” the Argo, id. M. 7, 1; “also called carina,” id. ib. 13, 24: “Jason,” id. ib. 8, 349: “conjux Pagasaea,” i. e. Alcestis, id. A. A. 3, 19.—
B. Păgăsēĭus , a, um, adj., Pagasœan: “puppis,” the Argo, Val. Fl. 1, 422.—
C. Păgăsĭcus , a, um, adj., Pagasœan: “sinus,” Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; 4, 12, 23, § 72.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.24
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.349
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.29
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.422
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 8.451
    • Ovid, Fasti, 5
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