Pā'phi-an1, a.
a. [Lat. Paphius, from Paphus, Gr. Πάφος, a city on the Island of Cyprus, sacred to Venus, with a celebrated temple of Venus.] 1. (Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Paphos, a city of Cyprus. 2. Pertaining to Venus, or her rites;—used often in a bad sense.