Parthenius

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

Parthĕnĭus, ĭi, m., = Παρθένιος.

I A mountain in Arcadia , now Partheni , Liv. 34, 26; Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21.—

B Adj. : Parthenii saltus, Verg. E. 10, 57; so, nemus, Ov. M. 9, 188; Stat. Th. 4, 285: valles, Ov. H. 9, 49: antra, Prop. 1, 1, 11.—

II A river in Paphlagonia , now Bartan Tchai , Mel. 1, 19; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5; Val. Fl. 5, 104; Ov. P. 4, 10, 49.—

III A Grecian erotic poet and grammarian , an instructor of Virgil , Suet. Tib. 70; Gell. 9, 9, 3; 13, 26, 1; Macr. S. 5, 17.—

IV A silversmith , famous in the time of Juvenal , Juv. 12, 43.—

V A male proper name , Mart. 9, 50, 3.

VII —Hence, Parthĕnĭānus , a, um, adj.: toga, given by Parthenius , Mart. l. l:

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