Helicon, ōnis, m., = Ἑλικών, a mountain in Baeotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, now Zagará, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 219; 5, 254; 663; id. F. 4, 193; Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 163 al.

— Derivv. Helicōnius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Helicon, Heliconian: collis, i. e. Helicon, Cat. 61, 1: Tempe, a beautiful valley on Mount Helicon, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 15: mella, Claud. Laud. Ser. 10: Nais, id. Epigr. 5.

— Helicōniades, um, f., the Heliconians, a poet. designation of the Muses, Lucr. 3, 1037.

— Helicōnis, idis. f. adj., Heliconian: silva, Stat. S. 4, 4, 90.

—In plur. subst.: Helicōnides, um, i. q. Heliconiades, the Muses, Pers. prooem. 4.