Parthĕnŏpē, ēs, f., = Παρθενόπη,
I one of the Sirens , who , on the departure of Ulysses , threw herself , for grief , into the sea , and was cast up on the shore where Naples afterwards stood; on this account that city was in early times called by her name , Sil. 12, 33; Verg. G. 4, 564; Ov. M. 15, 712.—Hence,
II Parthĕnŏpēĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthenope , i. e. to Naples , Neapolitan : moenia, Ov. M. 14, 101.