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Parthāon , ŏnis, m., = Παρθάων,
I.son of Agenor and Epicaste, king of Calydon, and father of Œneus: ego te simitu novi cum Parthaone, I know you as well as I do Parthaon, i. e. not at all, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 45: “Parthaone nate,” i. e. Œneus, Ov. M. 9, 12; cf. Hyg. Fab. 175; 239 and 242.—Hence,
A. Parthāŏnĭdes , ae, m., a descendant of Parthaon: Parthaonides dux, i. e. Tydeus, the grandson of Parthaon; acc. to others, Meleager, the brother of Tydeus, Val. Fl. 3, 705.—
B. Parthāŏnĭus , a, um, adj., Parthaonian: “Parthaonia domus,” the house of Œneus, Stat. Th. 1, 670.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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