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.