Pīĕros (-us), i, m., = Πίερος.
I King of Emathia , who gave to his daughters the names of the nine Muses , Ov. M. 5, 302.—
II A Macedonian , father of the nine Muses , Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 10.— Hence,
A 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.—
B Pīĕrĭus , a, um, adj., 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.