Etymology · Ancient Greek
Παρνασσός
2 English words descend from Ancient Greek Παρνασσός, most common first.
- ParnassusA mountain in central Greece, adjacent the site of the ancient city of Delphi, that in Greek mythology was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs and was the home of the Muses.
- parnassianA papilionid butterfly of the holarctic alpine genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae; an apollo butterfly.