Pieria

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Pīĕrĭa, ae, f., = Πιερία.

I A country of Macedonia , south of the Haliacmon , Mel. 2, 3, 2; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 33; Liv. 39, 26.— Hence,

B Pīĕrĭcus , a, um, adj., Pierian : pix, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 128.—

II A country of Syria , between Cilicia and Phoenicia , with a mountain of the same name , and the capital city Seleucia Pieria, Cic. Att. 11, 20, 1; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67; 5, 21, 18, § 79.

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