Phaestum, i, n., = Φαῖστος.
- I. A town of Crete, near Cortyna, founded by Minos, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59.
Hence,
- A. Phae-stĭas, ădis, f., = Φαιστιάς, a female inhabitant of Phœstum, a Phœstian (poet.): inter Phaestiadas, Ov. M. 9, 715.
- B. Phae-stĭus, a, um, adj., = Φαίστιος, of or belonging to Phœstum, Phœstian: tellus, Ov. M. 9, 668: Apollo, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.
- II. A town of Thessaly, on the Eurotas, Liv. 36, 13, 3.
- III. A town of Locris, in Greece, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.