English edit

Etymology edit

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

Proper noun edit

Parthenius

  1. (Antiquity) The Bartın River.

Latin edit

 
View of the river

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Παρθένιος (Parthénios).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

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

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

Declension edit

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 edit

  • 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