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Panchaia

Panchaia · f

a fabulous island in the Erythrœan Sea

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Where it lives

Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Argonautica 1 · 0.27/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

Panchāĭa — Lewis & Short

Panchāĭa, ae, f., = *pagxai/a,

I a fabulous island in the Erythrœan Sea, east of Arabia, rich in precious stones, incense, myrrh, etc.: totaque turiferis Panchaia pinguis arenis, Verg. G. 2, 139: (phoenicem) deferre nidum prope Panchaiam in Solis urbem, Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 4: dives, Tib. 3, 2, 23; Val. Fl. 6, 119; Claud. III. Cons. Honor. f.—Hence,

A Panchaeus, a, um, adj., Panchœan: odores, Lucr. 2, 417; Verg. G. 4, 379; Ov. M. 10, 478.—Plur. as subst.: Panchaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Panchaia, Mela, 3, 8.—

B Panchāĭcus, a, um, adj., Panchœan: resinulae, Arn. 7, 233.—

C Panchāĭus, a, um, adj., Panchœan: tellus (al. Panchaea), Ov. M. 10, 309: cinnama, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 94.

In the wild

Panchaia Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 6.119
Panchaia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.56.p3
Panchaia Claudian, Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1.211
Panchaiam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.2
Panchaia Vergil, Georgicon 2.139
Panchaia Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 5.47

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Where it came from

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