Pieria
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Πιερία, ἡ.
The Pierians: Πίερες, οἱ.
Pierian, adj.: Πιερικός.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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 Phœnicia, 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.
