Meanings
adjectiveParthenian (comparative more Parthenian, superlative most Parthenian)
comparative more Parthenian · superlative most Parthenian
- Of or relating to Parthenius, a mountain in Arcadia.
nounParthenian (plural Parthenians)
plural Parthenians
- historicalA member of a lower-ranking Spartiate population which, according to tradition, left Laconia to go to Magna Graecia and founded Taras, modern Taranto, in the current region of Apulia in southern Italy.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Parthenian
ArmenianSlovenianAthenianTyrrhenianruthenianAdiabenianAustenianBeethovenianCommagenianCyrenianEmesenianIbsenianOsroenianPalmyrenianSophenian
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Parthenian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthenian
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“Parthenian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthenian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Parthenian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthenian.
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