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Paphos2

Paphos2 · m

son of Pygmalion

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Where it lives

Carmina 2 · 1.5/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Păphos — Lewis & Short

Păphos or -us, i, m., = *pa/fos,

I son of Pygmalion, and founder of the city of Paphos (v. 2. Paphos), Ov. M. 10, 297; Hyg. Fab. 242.

2. Păphos — Lewis & Short

Păphos (-us), i, f., = *pa/fos,

I a city on the island of Cyprus, sacred to Venus, with a celebrated temple of Venus, the modern Baffo, Hor. C. 1, 30, 1; Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 2, 96, 97, § 210; Tac. H. 2, 2: est celsa mihi Paphos, Verg. A. 10, 51: illa Paphon veterem linquens, Stat. Th. 5, 61: qui eum de Pharsalicā fugā Paphum persecuti sunt, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 39.—Hence,

A Păphĭă-cus, a, um, adj., Paphian, Avien. Perieg. 227.—

B Păphĭē, ēs, f., the Paphian, i. e. Venus: sive cupis Paphien, Mart. 7, 74, 4; Aus. Idyll. 14, 21.—

2 A sort of lettuce that grew on the island of Cyprus, Col. 10, 193. —

C Păphĭus, a, um, adj., Paphian: Paphiae myrti, Ov. A. A. 3, 181: Paphia Venus, Tac. H. 2, 2: lampades, the planet Venus, Stat. S. 5, 4, 8: Nicocles, of Paphos, Plin. 11, 37, 63, § 167.—In plur.: Păphii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Paphos, Cic. Fam. 13, 48.—

2 Paphii thyrsi, the stalks of the Cyprian lettuce, Col. 10, 370.

In the wild

Paphon Horace, Carmina 3.28
Paphon Ovid, Amores 2.17.4
Paphon Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.297
Paphos Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.96
Paphum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.31.p2
Paphi Claudian, de raptu Proserpinae 2.1.155

6 of 21 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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