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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.—Hence, Parthĕnĭānus , a, um, adj.: toga, given by Parthenius, Mart. l. l:
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 70
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.188
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.21
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 26
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 5.104
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.26.1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 9.9.3
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.10
    • Statius, Thebias, 4
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