Cirrha
ae, f.
I.
a very ancient town in Phocis, near Delphi, devoted to Apollo, Liv. 42, 15, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 474; Luc. 3, 172; Mart, 1, 77; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—Hence,
II.
Cirrhaeus (Cirraeus), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cirrha, or (in post-Aug. poets freq.) to Apollo: campi, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7: templa, Sen. Herc. Oet. 92: Cirrhaea vates, Sen. Oedip. 269; cf. virgo, Stat. Th. 3, 106: Cirrhaeus vates, Juv. 13, 79: antra, Luc. 5, 95; Sil. 3, 9: hiatus, Stat. Th. 8, 331: secreta, Luc. 1, 64.