Parium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Părĭum, or -on, ĭi, n., = Πάριον,

I a city of Mysia , on the Propontis , now Kamares , Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 14; Mel. 1, 19; Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141; Val. Fl. 2, 622.—Hence,

II Părĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parium , Parian : civitas, Cic. Fam. 13, 53: colonia, i. e. Parium , Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 48: colias, a kind of fish , id. 32, 11, 53, § 146 (better read. Partianus).

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