Parnāsus and -os, also Parnas-sus or -os, i, m., = Παρνασός, afterwards Παρνασσός,
I a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks , sacred to Apollo and the Muses , at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring , now range of Liakhoura , Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7: mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus, Ov. M. 1, 317: biceps, id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2: uterque, Stat. Th. 7, 346: Parnasi deserta per ardua, Verg. G. 3, 291: Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle, Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,
A Parnāsēus ( Parnass- ), a, um, adj., Parnassian : Phoebus, Avien. Arat. 619.—
B Parnāsis ( Parnass- ), ĭdis, f. adj., Parnassian : lauro Parnaside vinctus, Ov. M. 11, 165.—
C Parnāsĭus ( Parnass- ), a, um, adj., Parnassian : rupes, Verg. E. 6, 29: laurus, id. G. 2, 18: templa, of Apollo , Ov. M. 5, 278: Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo, id. ib. 4, 642: vox, the Delphic oracle , Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71.