Pierides
Pīerides, s. Pīeros.
pergite, Pierides, musali pollice flores / carpere
~is, Musa
Pīĕrĭdes, (12) um, f. (Πιερίδες), les Piérides, ¶ 1 filles de Piérus [changées en pies par les Muses] : Ov. M. 5, 295 ; 310 ¶ 2 les Muses : Cic. Nat. 3, 54.
Pie'rides
(Πιερίδες), and sometimes also in the singular, Pieris, a surname of the Muses, which they derived from Pieria, near Mount Olympus, where they were first worshipped among the Thracians (Hes. Th. 53; Hor. Carm. 4.3.13; Pind. P. 6.49). Some derived the name from an ancient king Pierus, who is said to have emigrated from Thrace into Boeotia, and established their worship at Thespiae. (Paus. 9.29.2; Eur. Med. 831; Pind. O. 11.100; Ov. Tr. 5.3. 10; Cic. De Nat. Deor. 3.21.) [L.S]
Pierĭdes
(Πιερίδες). (1) See Musae; Pieria.
(2) The nine daughters of Pierus, king of Emathia, to whom he gave the name of the nine Muses. They entered into a contest with the Muses, and, being defeated, were changed into birds (Ovid, Met. v. 300-678; Pausan. ix. 29, 2).