Parthenius
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
(Mt.) ὄρος Παρθένιον, τό (Eur., Frag 696).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Parthĕnĭus: ĭi, m., = Παρθένιος.
I A mountain in Arcadia, now Partheni, Liv. 34, 26; Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21.—
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.—
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.—
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.—
A silversmith, famous in the time of Juvenal, Juv. 12, 43.—
A male proper name, Mart. 9, 50, 3.—Hence, Parthĕnĭānus, a, um, adj.: toga, given by Parthenius, Mart. l. l:>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) Parthĕnĭus,¹⁴ a, um, du mont Parthénius : Virg. B. 10, 57 ; Ov. M. 9, 188
