Laphy'stius
(
*Lafu/stios).
1. A surname of Zeus, which was derived either from Mount Laphystius in Boeotia, or from the verb
λαφύσσειν, to flee, so that it would be synonymous with
φύξιος: a third opinion is, that it signified " the voracious," in reference to the human sacrifices which were offered to him in early time. (
Paus. 1.24.2,
9.34.4.)