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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.

ăphē, v. haphe.

Ăphĕsās, antos, m., = Ἀφέσας, a mountain in Peloponnesus, near Nemea, now Fouka, Stat. Th. 3, 460 (in Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17, called Apesantus, Jan).

Ăphidnae, ārum, f., = Ἄφιδναι, a small place in Attica, Sen. Hippol. 24.
In sing.: Aphidna, Ov. F. 5, 708; cf. Mann Gr. p. 335.

† ā̆phractus, i, f., or ā̆phractum, i, n., = ἄφρακτος (uncovered, sc. ναῦς, hence), a long vessel without a deck (in pure Latin, navis aperta; only in Cic.): Navigavimus tardius propter aphractorum Rhodiorum imbecillitatem, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1: detraxit viginti ipsos dies aphractus Rhodiorum, id. ib. 6, 8, 4: aphracta Rhodiorum habebam, id. ib. 5, 11, 4; so id. ib. 5, 12, 1.

† ā̆phrōdes, adj. comm., = ἀφρώδης, foamy, like foam: mecon, a wild poppy, Plin. 27, 12, 93, § 119; cf. App. Herb. 53 (in Plin. 20, 19, 79, § 207, called aphron).

† Ā̆phrŏdīsĭa, ōrum, n., = Ἀφροδίσια, a festival of Venus, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 62; 1, 2, 44.

† ā̆phrŏdīsĭăcē, ēs, f., = ἀφροδισιακή, a precious stone of a reddish-white color, unknown to us, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 148.

1. Ā̆phrŏdīsĭăs, ădis, f., = Αφροδισιάς.

  1. I. A region in Asiatic Æolis, Liv. 37, 21; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122.
  2. II. A town and promontory in Caria, on the Mœander, now Geira, Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104.
  3. III. An island near Gades, Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120.
  4. IV. An island in the Persian Gulf, now Kaish, Plin. 6, 25, 28, § 111.

2. ā̆phrŏdīsĭas = acorus, q. v.; perh. sweet-flag, calamus, App. Herb. 6.

Ā̆phrŏdīsĭum, ii, n., = Ἀφροδίσιον.

  1. I. A town on the coast of Latium, in the province of Lavinium, with a renowned temple of Venus, which was destroyed as early as the time of Pliny, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 57; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 617; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 271.
  2. II. Ā̆phrŏdīsĭum promontorium, a promontory in Thessaly, Plin. 31, 2, 7, § 10.
  3. III. Ā̆phrŏdīsĭum flumen, a river in Caria, Plin. 31, 2, 7, § 10.

ā̆phron, v. aphrodes.

† ā̆phrŏnī̆trum, i, n., = ἀφρόνιτρον, the efflorescence of saltpetre, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 3; Mart. 14, 58.

† aphthae, ārum, f., = ἄφθαι, an eruption in the mouth, the thrush, Marc. Emp. 11 (in Cels. 6, 11, written as Greek).

ăphya, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., = ἀφύη, a small fish, usu. called apua, acc. to some the anchovy, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; cf. id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.

† hăphē (aphē), ēs, f., = ἁφή (a touching, handling; hence), the yellow sand with which wrestlers, after being anointed, were sprinkled.

  1. I. Lit.: flavescit haphe, Mart. 7, 67, 5.
  2. II. Transf., the dust of a road, Sen. Ep. 57, 1.