proper noun
Păgăsa
Meaning
- a maritime town of Thessaly
Păgăsa, ae, and Păgăsae, ārum, f., = Παγασαί,
I. a maritime town of Thessaly, afterwards called Demetrias, where the Argo was built:
urbem Pagasam amplexus, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Prop. 1, 20, 17.—Plur., Val. Fl. 8, 451; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.—Hence, A. Pă-găsaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pagasa, Pagasœan:
sinus, Mel. 2, 3, 6: colles, Ov. F. 5, 401: puppis, the Argo, id. M. 7, 1; also called carina, id. ib. 13, 24: Jason, id. ib. 8, 349: conjux Pagasaea, i. e. Alcestis, id. A. A. 3, 19.—C. Păgăsĭcus, a, um, adj., Pagasœan:
sinus, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; 4, 12, 23, § 72.