Definition of Pasiphaa
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LNS
Pāsiphaa, Pāsiphaae
Pasiphae, Pasiphaa
Πασιφάη
noun (., 1st declension)
  1. daughter of Helios, sister of Circe, wife of Minos, and mother of Androgeus
  2. Phaedra, and Ariadne, and also of the Minotaur by a beautiful bull, which Venus, out of hatred, had inspired her with a passion for
Abbreviations
Pāsiphaē, ēs, and Pāsiphaa, ae, = Πασιφάη (the All-shining), daughter of Helios, sister of Circe, wife of Minos, and mother of Androgeus, Phaedra, and Ariadne, and also of the Minotaur by a beautiful bull, which Venus, out of hatred, had inspired her with a passion for, Ov. A. A. 1, 295; Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48; id. Div. 1, 43, 96; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 14; Hyg. Fab. 40: Pasiphaen nivei solatur amore juvenci, Verg. E. 6, 46: Pasiphaae fano, Cic. Div. l. l.: Pasiphaes gener, i.e. Theseus, Ov. Ib. 90.

— Hence, Pāsiphaēius, a, um, adj., Pasiphaean.

—In the fem. subst.: Pāsi-phaēia, Phaedra, Ov. M. 15, 500.
 
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