Parrhăsĭa — Lewis & Short
Parrhăsĭa (Parră-), ae, f., = *parrasi/a,
I a town of Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Hence,
A Parrhăsis, ĭdis, f. adj., Parrhasian; poet. for Arcadian:
Parrhasis ursa,the Great Bear, Ov. H. 18, 152:
Arctos,id. Tr. 1, 3, 48:
Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones,id. F. 4, 577.—Subst.:
Parrhasis erubuit,i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 460.—
B Parrhăsĭus, a, um, adj., Arcadian:
Parrhasius Evander,Verg. A. 11, 31:
dea,i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander, Ov. F. 1, 618:
nives,id. ib. 2, 276:
virgo,i. e. Callisto, id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury, who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660:
triones,Charles's Wain, Mart. 6, 58, 1;
called also Parrhasium jugum,id. 6, 25, 2:
ursa,the Great Bear, id. 4, 11, 3:
axis,the north pole, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1281.—
2 Transf., Palatine, imperial (because Evander the Arcadian settled on the Palatine Hill):
Parrhasia domus,Mart. 7, 56, 2:
aula,id. 7, 99, 3; 8, 36, 3; 12, 15, 1.