Lewis & Short

Phlīūs, untis, m., = Φλιοῦς,

  1. I. a city of Peloponnesus, between Sicyon and Argolis, at the sources of the Æsopus, now Polyfengo, Liv. 28, 7, 6; Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13.
    Hence,
  2. II. Phlīāsĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phlius, Phliasian: sermo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 10: regna, Ov. Ib. 329.
    Plur. subst.
    1. A. Phlīāsĭi, ōrum, m., the Phliasians, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8.
    2. B. Phlī-untĭi, ōrum, m., the same, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8. This passage Cicero afterwards corrected, and wrote Phliasii: Phliasios autem dici sciebam, et ita fac ut habeas: nos quidem sic habemus. Sed primo me ἀναλογία deceperat, etc., Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3.