Ascra
ae, f.
I.
A village in Bœotia, near Mount Helicon, the birthplace of Hesiod, Ov. P. 4, 14, 31.—Hence,
II.
As-craeus, a, um, adj., = Ἀσκραῖος.
A.
Ascrœan: nemus, Prop. 2, 13, 4: poëta, id. 2, 34, 77: senex, the same, Verg. E. 6, 70.—Also subst.: Ascraeus, i, m., Hesiod, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 11.—
B.
Of or pertaining to Hesiod: carmen, Verg. G. 2, 176; Col. 10, 436: boves, Ov. F. 6, 14.—
C.
Of Helicon, Heliconian: fontes, Prop. 2, 10, 25.