Pipleis

Pimplēis ( Piplēis ), ĭdis and ĭdos, adj. f., = Pimplêïs, of or belonging to Pimpla (a place and fountain in Pieria sacred to the Muses, now Litokhoro ), Pimplean; hence, as subst.,

I.

The territory around Pimpla:

si riguam laetis recolis Pimpleida Musis,

i. e. if you devote yourself to the Muses, compose poetry, Aus. Ep. 14, 9.—

II.

(Sc. Musa.) A Muse:

Musae ab terrestribus locis aliis cognominatae Libethrides, Pimpleides, Thespiades, Heliconides,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Müll.: Pimpleides Musae a fonte Macedoniae dictae propter liquoris ejus unicam subtilitatem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 Müll.; Mart. 11, 3, 1.