LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Phăon

Meaning

  1. A youth of Lesbos beloved by Sappho without return

Phăon, ōnis, m., = Φάων.
I. A youth of Lesbos beloved by Sappho without return, Ov. H. 15, 11; Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20; Mart. 10, 35, 18.—As a prov. of coldness, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 32.—
II. Phăon, ontis, m., a freedman of the emperor Nero, Suet. Ner. 48 and 49.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyPhaonPhaon (Φαών), one of the most ancient of the Greek physicians, who must have lived in or before the fifth century B. C., as he was either a contempora…

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What does Phăon mean in Latin?
Phăon, a proper noun, means “A youth of Lesbos beloved by Sappho without return”.