Pirene

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

Pīrēnē, ēs, f., = Πειρήνη,

I a fountain in the citadel of Corinth (Acrocorinthus), which sprung up from a blow of the hoof of Pegasus; hence sacred to the Muses , Plin. 4, 4, 5, 11; Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23; Stat. S. 1, 4, 25: Heliconidasque pallidamque Pirenen, Pers. prol. 4.—Hence,

II Pīrēnis , ĭdis, f. adj., = Πειρηνίς, of or belonging to Pirene , Pirenian : Ephyre, i. e. Corinth , Ov. M. 7, 391: unda, id. ib. 2, 240: Pirenida cessit ad undam (al. urbem), to Corinth , id. P. 1, 3, 75: Tantalus securus undas hauriat Pirenidas, as king of Corinth, Sen. Med. 745.

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