Parthenius

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

Parthenius

1. (Antiquity) The Bartın River.

From Ancient Greek Παρθένιος (Parthénios).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [parˈtʰɛ.ni.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [parˈt̪ɛː.ni.us]

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

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

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• 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