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Pīrēnē, ēs, f., = Πειρήνη,

  1. 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; Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23; Stat. S. 1, 4, 25: Heliconidasque pallidamque Pirenen, Pers. prol. 4.
    Hence,
  2. 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.

pĭrum, i, n., a pear, Cato, R. R. 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3; Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53; Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 15; Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; Juv. 11, 73: insitiva decerpens pira, Hor. Epod. 2, 19; id. Ep. 1, 7, 14; Verg. G. 2, 88.

pĭrus, i, f., a pear-tree: insere nunc, Meliboee, piros, Verg. E. 1, 74; Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 90; 16, 26, 46, § 109; 16, 25, 42, § 103: felix arbor, Macr. S. 3, 20, 2.