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† 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.

Parthĕnĭus, ĭi, m., = Παρθένιος.

  1. I. A mountain in Arcadia, now Partheni, Liv. 34, 26; Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21.
    1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. IV. A silversmith, famous in the time of Juvenal, Juv. 12, 43.
  5. V. A male proper name, Mart. 9, 50, 3.
    Hence, Parthĕnĭānus, a, um, adj.: toga, given by Parthenius, Mart. l. l: