Parthenope

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

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.

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