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Phrixus (-os, erroneously written Phryxus), i, m., = Φρίξος,

  1. 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,
  2. II. Phrixēus (Phryx-), a, um, adj.
    1. 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.
    2. B. Ægean: Phrixeum mare, the Ægean Sea, Sen. Agam. 564.
  3. 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.

Phryxus, v. Phrixus init.