Lewis & Short

Phăon, ōnis, m., = Φάων.

  1. I. A youth of Lesbos beloved by Sappho without return, Ov. H. 15, 11; Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20; Mart. 10, 35, 18.
    As a prov. of coldness, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 32.
  2. II. Phăon, ontis, m., a freedman of the emperor Nero, Suet. Ner. 48 and 49.