Parthenius

English

Etymology

From Latin Parthenius, from Ancient Greek Παρθένιος (Parthénios). Doublet of Bartın.

Proper noun

Parthenius

1. (Antiquity) The Bartın River.

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παρθένιος (Parthénios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /parˈtʰe.ni.us/, [pärˈt̪ʰɛniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /parˈte.ni.us/, [pärˈt̪ɛːnius]

Proper noun

Parthenius m sg (genitive Partheniī or Parthenī); second declension

1. The most important river in the west of Paphlagonia, now the Bartın River

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Parthenius
Genitive	Partheniī Parthenī1
Dative	Partheniō
Accusative	Parthenium
Ablative	Partheniō
Vocative	Parthenī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Parthenius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Parthenius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly