Partheniae

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

Parthĕnĭae, ārum, m., = Παρθενίαι (maidens’ children),

a name given to the colonists of illegitimate birth who emigrated with Phalantus from Sparta and founded Tarentum , the Parthenians , Just. 3, 4, 7 (= spurii, id. 20, 1, 15).