Castălĭa, ae, f., = Κασταλία,
I a fountain on Parnassus , sacred to Apollo and the Muses , Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 310, b Müll.; Verg. G. 3, 293; Hor. C. 3, 4, 61; Stat. Th. 1, 698.—
II Hence the adjj. ,
A Castă-lĭus , a, um, Castalian : fons, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; Sen. Oedip. 229; cf. fontes, Stat. Th. 1, 565: arbor, the laurel , Prop. 3 (4), 3, 13; hence, umbra, Tib. 3, 1, 16: antrum, i. e. the cave of the oracle at Delphi , Ov. M. 3, 14.—
B Castălis , ĭdis, f., Castalian : unda, Mart. 9, 19 fin. : sorores, i. e. the Muses , id. 4, 14; also as subst.: Castalidum grex, id. 7, 12, 10.