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phoenix , īcis (acc. Phoenica, Ov. M. 15, 393), m.,
I.the phœnix, a fabulous bird in Arabia. It was said to live 500 years, and from its ashes a young phœnix arose, Sen. Ep. 42, 1; Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3; Tac. A. 6, 28; Aur. Vict. Caes. 4; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 54; id. M. 15, 393; Stat. S. 2, 4, 36; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 417.
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