Parrhăsĭa
ae, f.
I.
a town of Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Hence,
A.
Parrhăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., Parrhasian; poet. for Arcadian: Parrhasis ursa, Ov. H. 18, 152: Arctos, id. Tr. 1, 3, 48: Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones, id. F. 4, 577.—Subst.: Parrhasis erubuit, Ov. M. 2, 460.—
B.
Parrhăsĭus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: Parrhasius Evander, Verg. A. 11, 31: dea, Ov. F. 1, 618: nives, id. ib. 2, 276: virgo, id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury, who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660: triones, Mart. 6, 58, 1; called also Parrhasium jugum, id. 6, 25, 2: ursa, id. 4, 11, 3: axis, 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.