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|lshtext=<b>Parnāsus</b>: and -os, also Parnas-sus or -os, i, m., = [[Παρνασός]], [[afterwards]] Παρνασσός,<br /><b>I</b> a [[high]] [[mountain]] in [[Phocis]] [[with]] [[two]] peaks, [[sacred]] to [[Apollo]] and the Muses, at whose [[foot]] [[was]] the [[city]] of [[Delphi]] and the Castalian [[spring]], [[now]] [[range]] of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7: [[mons]] ibi verticibus petit [[arduus]] astra duobus, Nomine [[Parnasus]], Ov. M. 1, 317: [[biceps]], id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2: [[uterque]], Stat. Th. 7, 346: Parnasi deserta per ardua, Verg. G. 3, 291: [[Parnasus]] [[gemino]] petit aethera colle, Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Parnāsēus (Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian: [[Phoebus]], Avien. Arat. 619.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Parnāsis (Parnass-), ĭdis, f. adj., Parnassian: lauro Parnaside [[vinctus]], Ov. M. 11, 165.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Parnāsĭus (Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian: [[rupes]], Verg. E. 6, 29: [[laurus]], id. G. 2, 18: templa, of [[Apollo]], Ov. M. 5, 278: [[Themis]], so called [[because]] she [[possessed]] the Delphic [[oracle]] [[before]] [[Apollo]], id. ib. 4, 642: vox, the Delphic [[oracle]], Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, [[precor]], ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O [[muse]]! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71.
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