Παρθενία

virginity

Translated by David Whitehead3 Aug 2011Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 12 words
[Meaning] the pure life.1 Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Parthenian sea'.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρθενία· ὁ καθαρὸς βίος. καὶ Παρθένιον πέλαγος.

Betacode
*parqeni/a: o( kaqaro\s bi/os. kai\ *parqe/nion pe/lagos.

Notes (2)

  1. Same material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (200 & 214).
  2. 1cf. generally pi 661, pi 662, pi 666, pi 667, pi 668. ↩
  3. 2A late-antique term for that part of the SE Mediterranean which lay between Greece and Egypt. Gregory of Nazianzus (gamma 450) was once shipwrecked when sailing across it. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π661Παρθενεῖαpartheneiaπ662Παρθένειοςmaiden (adjective), unmarried (not legally married), born of an illegitimate unionπ663Παρθενίαvirginityπ664ΠαρθένιοςParthenius, Partheniosπ665ΠαρθένιοςParthenius, Parthenios, Virgin-born
Revision history5 revisions · last 22 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. x-ref — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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