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παρθένος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρθένος

Structure: παρθεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. maidenly
  2. chaste

Examples

  • ταῖν δ’ ἀθλίαιν οἰκτραῖν τε παρθένοιν ἐμαῖν, αἷν οὔποθ’ ἡμὴ χωρὶσ ἐστάθη βορᾶσ τράπεζ’ ἄνευ τοῦδ’ ἀνδρόσ, ἀλλ’ ὅσων ἐγὼ ψαύοιμι, πάντων τῶνδ’ ἀεὶ μετειχέτην· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 2:9)
  • ἐκ ταῖνδε δ’, οὔσαιν παρθένοιν, ὅσον φύσισ δίδωσιν αὐταῖν, καὶ τροφὰσ ἔχω βίου καὶ γῆσ ἄδειαν καὶ γένουσ ἐπάρκεσιν· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. chaste

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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