Lewis & Short

† parthĕnĭum, ii, n., = παρθένιον, the name of several plants.

  1. I. A plant, called also perdicium, Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 43.
  2. II. A plant, called also leucanthes or tamnacus, Plin. 21, 30, 104, § 176.
  3. III. A plant, called also linozostis, hermupoa, and mer curialis, Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 38.
  4. IV. A plant, called also chrysocollis, q. v.