Hĕlĭcon, ōnis, m., = Ἑλικών,
I a mountain in Boeotia , sacred to Apollo and the Muses , now Zagará , Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 219; 5, 254; 663; id. F. 4, 193; Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 163 al.—
II Derivv.
A Hĕlĭcōnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Helicon , Heliconian : collis, i. e. Helicon , Cat. 61, 1: Tempe, a beautiful valley on Mount Helicon , Ov. Am. 1, 1, 15: mella, Claud. Laud. Ser. 10: Naïs, id. Epigr. 5.—
B Hĕlĭcōnĭădes , um, f., the Heliconians , a poet. designation of the Muses , Lucr. 3, 1037.—
C Hĕlĭcōnis , ĭdis. f. adj., Heliconian : silva, Stat. S. 4, 4, 90.—In plur. subst. : Hĕlĭcōnĭdes , um, i. q. Heliconiades, the Muses , Pers. prooem. 4.