proper noun
Pharsālos
Meaning
- a city in Thessaly
Pharsālos or Pharsālus, i, f., = Φάρσαλος,
I. a city in Thessaly, where Cœsar defeated Pompey, now Fersala, Liv. 32, 33; 34, 23; 36, 14; Luc. 6, 350.—Hence,
A. Pharsālĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pharsalus, Pharsalian:
acies, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 71: proelium, Cœsar's victory over Pompey, id. Deiot. 5, 13; 10, 29: acies, id. Lig. 3, 9: annus, Luc. 5, 391: rura, id. 7, 823.—B. Pharsālĭus, a, um, adj., Pharsalian:
fuga, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 39: pugna, in which Cœsar defeated Pompey, id. ib. 14, 8, 23 B. and K.; id. Div. 1, 32, 68; Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 53: terra, Liv. 33, 6, 11: tecta, Cat. 64, 37.—As subst.: Pharsālĭa, ae, f., the region about Pharsalus, Cat. 64, 37; Ov. M. 15, 823; Tac. H. 1, 50 al.—