I.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, 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.
