Parthenia
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Partheniis Proper-name noun: feminine dative plural, Proper-name noun: feminine ablative plural of Parthenia
Partheniis Proper-name noun: masculine ablative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine dative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter ablative plural of Parthenius
Partheniis Noun: neuter dative plural, Noun: neuter ablative plural of parthenium
- another name for the isle of Samos, because Juno dwelt there when a virgin, Plin. 5, 31, 37, § 135; Lact. 1, 17.
(Παρθενία).
1. That is, "the maiden," a surname of Artemis and Hera, who, however, is said to have derived it from the river Parthenius. (Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 110; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.187.)
2. The wife of Samus, from whom the island of Samos was anciently called Parthenia. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. l.c.) [L.S]
- Paus. 6.21.7