I.the Phœacians, the fabled luxurious inhabitants of the isle of Scheria (in historic times, Corcyra), Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Verg. A. 3, 291; Ov. M. 13, 719; Juv. 5, 151.—In sing.: Phae-ax , ācis, m., a Phœacian; transf., of a man in good case, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 24.—As adj.: “Phaeax populus,” Juv. 15, 23.—Hence,
A. Phaeācĭa , ae, f., = Φαιακία, the country of the Phœacians, the isle of Scheria (Corcyra), in the Ionian Sea: “Corcyra Homero dicta Scheria et Phaeacia, Callimacho etiam Drepane,” Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 52; Tib. 1, 3, 3.—
B. Phaeācis , ĭdis, adj., = Φαιακίς, Phœacian; subst.: Phaeācis , ĭdis, f. (sc. Musa), a poem on the sojourn of Ulysses in Phœacia, Ov. P. 4, 12, 27; 16, 27.—