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(adjective) : Pīĕros (-us), i, m., = Πίερος.
* King of Emathia, who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses, Ov. M. 5, 302.
* A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence
* Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.
* Pīĕrĭus, a, um, , Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic: quercus,from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly,Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5: jugum,Phaedr. 3 prol. 17: nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,Thessalian,Hor. C. 3, 10, 15: via,Ov. P. 2, 9, 62: modi,Hor. A. P. 405: chori,Ov. P. 1, 5, 58: dies,dedicated to the Muses,Stat. S. 1, 3, 23: tuba,an heroic poem,Mart. 10, 64, 4: frons,poet's brow,id. 8, 70, 5: corona,laurel,id. 12, 52, 1: grex,the Muses and poets,id. 12, 11, 4.—Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.
* King of Emathia, who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses, Ov. M. 5, 302.
* A Macedonian, father of the nine Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence
* Pīĕris, ĭdis or ĭdos, f., daughter of Pierus, a Muse, Hor. C. 4, 3, 18; Ov. F. 4, 222.—In plur.: Pīĕrĭdes, um, the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Verg. E. 8, 63; Juv. 4, 36.
* Pīĕrĭus, a, um, , Pierian, Thessalian; sacred to the Muses, poetic: quercus,from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly,Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 5: jugum,Phaedr. 3 prol. 17: nec vir Pieriā pellice saucius,Thessalian,Hor. C. 3, 10, 15: via,Ov. P. 2, 9, 62: modi,Hor. A. P. 405: chori,Ov. P. 1, 5, 58: dies,dedicated to the Muses,Stat. S. 1, 3, 23: tuba,an heroic poem,Mart. 10, 64, 4: frons,poet's brow,id. 8, 70, 5: corona,laurel,id. 12, 52, 1: grex,the Muses and poets,id. 12, 11, 4.—Subst. plur.: Pīĕrĭae, ārum, f., the Muses, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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