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Părĭum, or -on, ĭi, n., = Πάριον,

  1. I. a city of Mysia, on the Propontis, now Kamares, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 14; Mel. 1, 19; Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 141; Val. Fl. 2, 622.
    Hence,
  2. II. Părĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parium, Parian: civitas, Cic. Fam. 13, 53: colonia, i. e. Parium, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 48: colias, a kind of fish, id. 32, 11, 53, § 146 (better read. Partianus).

Părĭus, a, um, v. Paros, II.

Păros (-us), i, f., = Πάρος,

  1. I. one of the Cyclades, famous for its white marble and as the birthplace of the poet Archilochus, now Paro, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 67; Nep. Milt. 7, 2; Liv. 31, 15: marmoreamque Paron, Ov. M. 7, 465; cf.: Olearon niveamque Paron, Verg. A. 3, 126.
    Hence,
  2. II. Părĭus, a, um, adj., Parian: crimine Pario accusatus, with respect to Paros (the failure to capture Paros), Nep. Milt. 8, 1: Glycerae nitor Splendentis Pario marmore purius, Hor. C. 1, 19, 5: marmor, Ov. P. 4, 8, 31; Petr. 126: lapis, Verg. A. 1, 592; Vulg. Esth. 1, 6: iambi, of Archilochus, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 23.
    In plur.: Părĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Paros, the Parians, Liv. 31, 31; Nep Milt. 7, 4; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.