(adjective) : Ascra, ae, f., = Ἄσκρα.
* A village in Boeotia, near Mount Helicon, the birthplace of Hesiod, Ov. P. 4, 14, 31.—Hence
* As-craeus, a, um, , = Ἀσκραῖος.
* Ascroean: nemus,Prop. 2, 13, 4: poëta,i. e. Hesiod,id. 2, 34, 77: senex, the same,Verg. E. 6, 70.—Also subst.: Ascraeus, i, m., Hesiod, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 11.
* Of or pertaining to Hesiod: carmen,i. e. rural,Verg. G. 2, 176; Col. 10, 436: boves,which Hesiod pastured,Ov. F. 6, 14.
* Of Helicon, Heliconian: fontes,Prop. 2, 10, 25.

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