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† ăphăca, ae, f., = ἀφάκη.

  1. I. A kind of pulse, field or chick-pea: Lathyrus aphaca, Linn.; Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38.
  2. II. A wild plant, the common dandelion: Leontodon taraxacum, Linn.; Plin. 21, 15, 52, § 89.

Ăphaea, ae, f., = Ἀφαία, an epithet of Britomartis (q. v.), Verg. Cir. 303, ubi v. Wagner.

† ăphaerĕma, ătis, n., = ἀφαίρεμα, a coarse kind of grits, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 2.

† ăphaerĕsis, is, f., = ἀφαίρεσις, a gram. fig., the dropping of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word (e. g. ruere for eruere, temnere for contemnere, etc.), Prob. p. 1438 P.; Don. p. 1772 ib.; Charis. p. 248 ib.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 546; 1, 669 al.

Ăphăreus (trisyl.), ĕi, m., = Ἀφαρεύς.

  1. I. A king of the Messenians; hence his sons Lynceus and Idas are called Ăphărēïa proles, Ov. M. 8, 304.
  2. II. A centaur, Ov. M. 12, 341 sq.