proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Phrixus
Phrixus m sg (genitive Phrixī)
Classical[ˈpʰrɪk.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfrik.sus]
Meaning
- GreekmasculinesingularThe son of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Phrixus | — |
| genitive | Phrixī | — |
| dative | Phrixō | — |
| accusative | Phrixum | — |
| ablative | Phrixō | — |
| vocative | Phrixe | — |
Phrixus (-os, erroneously written Phryxus), i, m., = Φρίξος,
I. son of Athamas and Nephele, and brother of Helle, with whom he fled to Colchis on a ram with a golden fleece; he there sacrificed the ram, and hung up its golden fleece in the grove of Ares, whence it was afterwards brought back to Greece by Jason and the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 2; 3; 14; 21; Ov. H. 18, 143; id. A. A. 3, 175:
Phrixi litora, i. e. the shores of the Hellespont, Stat. Achill. 1, 28; called also, semita Phrixi, id. ib. 1, 409: portitor Phrixi, i. e. the constellation Aries, Col. 10, 155.—Com.: aliquem facere arietem Phrixi, i. e. to strip of money, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7. —Hence, II. Phrixēus (Phryx-), a, um, adj.
A. Of or belonging to Phrixus, Phrixean:
vellera, the golden fleece, Ov. M. 7, 7; Col. 10, 368: Phrixeae stagna sororis, i. e. the Hellespont, Ov. F. 4, 278; called also, pontus, Luc. 6, 56; and, mare, Sen. Herc. Oet. 776: aequor, Stat. Th. 6, 542: Phrixei Colchi, where Phrixus was hospitably received, Val. Fl. 1, 391: maritus, i. e. a ram, Mart. 14, 211: agnus, the constellation Aries, id. 10, 51, 1.—B. Ægean:
Phrixeum mare, the Ægean Sea, Sen. Agam. 564. —III. Phrixĭānus (Phryx-), a, um, Phrixian, made of superior wool: toga, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 195.—Subst. piur.: Phrixĭā-nae, ārum, f., clothing made of superior wool, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 7.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φρίξος (Phríxos).