Parnassusn.

Brit.

/pɑːˈnasəs/, U.S.

/pɑrˈnæsəs/

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s Parnaso, Middle English–1500s Pernaso, 1500s Parnasso, 1500s Pernasso; Scottish pre-1700 Parnaso, pre-1700 Pernaso, pre-1700 Pernasso.

β. 1500s Parnase, 1500s Parnasse, 1500s Parnasus, 1500s Pernasse, 1500s Pernasus, 1500s–1600s Pernassus, 1500s– Parnassus, 1600s Parnass; Scottish pre-1700 Parnas, pre-1700 Pernas, pre-1700 Pernaso, pre-1700 Pernassus, pre-1700 Pernasus, pre-1700 1700s– Parnassus.

Origin: From a proper name; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymon: proper name Parnassus.

Etymology: < the name of Mount Parnassus (classical Latin Parnāsus , Parnassus , ancient Greek Παρνασός , Παρνασσός ) in central Greece, to the north of Delphi, regarded as sacred to Apollo and the Muses in ancient times. In α. forms after Italian Parnaso (a1321, Dante). Compare French Parnasse (1660).Parnasus occurs as a place name in English contexts in the Old English translation of Orosius Hist.

1. Chiefly literary and poetic.

a. Mount Parnassus, regarded as the source of literary, esp. poetic, inspiration; (hence) the world of literature and poetry; literature collectively. Cf. Castalia n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun]

metrea1375

poesyc1390

Parnassusc1395

poetryc1395

versea1400

remailea1425

poesis1565

poetry1580

muse1651

c1395 G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale 721 I sleep neuere on the mount of Parnaso Ne lerned Marcus Tullius Scithero.

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 521 Ye, me to endite and ryme Helpeth, that on Parnaso duelle, Be Elicon, the clere welle.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. O.iiii^v With ioyes at hert, in this pernasse [sc. Cambridge] I bode.

1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. E.iii^v The Style and waightynes was suche, That all men iudged Parnassus Mownt had clefte her selfe in twayne, And brought forth one, that seemd to drop from out Mineruaes brayne.

1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 5 Where luring Parnase most poures out His sweetenesse, all the world doth after runne, And that truth season'd with smooth verse..The waywardst..hath wonne.

1647 R. Fanshawe tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido v. i. 172 With a load of care Men cannot climb Parnassus cliffe.

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 4 All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out.

1789 R. Burns Let. 22 Jan. (2001) I. 356 Whether I may ever make my footing good, on any considerable height of Parnassus, is what I do not know.

1821 Ld. Byron Let. 26 Apr. (1978) VIII. 103 I am very sorry to hear what you say of Keats... I would rather he had been seated on the highest peak of Parnassus than have perished in such a manner.

1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman vii. 99 There are good feet that do not walk Parnassus.

1893 W. Walker Three Churchmen 134 The reviewers he looks upon as ‘gamekeepers’, doing invaluable service to literature by keeping the versifying ‘poachers’ off Parnassus.

1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxvi. 404 I shall administer to you the severest test of the rhymer's art: the slipperiest crag on the rocky face of Parnassus!

1981 V. Glendinning E. Sitwell 4 If the world of literary criticism knew nothing but, say, her twelve finest poems, she would have an unquestioned, uncategorized place on anyone's Parnassus.

b. A collection of poems or poetical extracts; an anthology of verse. Used esp. in the title of such a collection. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > [noun] > book of poems > title of

Parnassus1600

catalects1610

sylva1636

Mu'allaqat1772

divan1823

1600 R. Allott (title) England's Parnassus or choysest flowers of our English poets.

1657 J. Poole (title) The English Parnassus: or, a helpe to English poesie.

1714 E. Bysshe (title) The British Parnassus, or a compleat common-place-book of English poetry.

1810 (title) Gammer Gurton's garland: or, the nursery Parnassus.

1930 E. Blunden in Nation & Athenaeum 6 Dec. 327/1 Cooke especially, with his sixpenny numbers..gave everyone a chance to have the country's Parnassus at his bed-side.

1976 R. H. Smith (title) Paperback Parnassus.

2. grass of Parnassus n. a Eurasian marsh plant with solitary, white, green-veined flowers, Parnassia palustris (see Parnassia n.), formerly also called †flower of Parnassus, †Parnassus grass (obsolete). Also (sometimes with distinguishing word): any of various North American plants of this genus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun]

sengreenc1000

wayworta1300

saxifragec1440

stonebreak1548

grass of Parnassus1578

mountain pennywort1578

white liverwort1597

breakstone1688

Parnassia1727

mitella1731

lady's cushion1739

tiarella1759

American bastard sanicle1760

sanicle1760

mitrewort1771

queen's cushion1825

bishop's-cap1839

astilbe1843

coolwort1848

mitrewort1848

rodgersia1874

chrysosplene1877

rockfoil1879

old man's beard1882

foam flower1895

Indian rhubarb1897

mossy1938

piggyback plant1946

heucherella1949

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. li. 509 Of the grasse of Parnasus..This herbe groweth in moyst places.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 692 Parnassus Grasse, or white Liuerwoort.

1648 J. Bobart Eng. Catal. at Grasse, in Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis Grasse of Parnassus, Gramen Parnassi.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Flower of Parnassus,..has Leaves..resembling those of the Violet in Form... From amidst these Leaves arise Stems..bearing each at the Bottom, a Leaf without a Stalk, embracing them, and on the top a rosy Flower, [etc.].

1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening I. 695/1 Of this genus [sc. Parnassia] there is only one species, called, Grass of Parnassus.

1874 Amer. Naturalist 8 305 In the summer of 1866, I made the interesting discovery of the small-flowered grass of Parnassus (Parnassia parviflora DC.), at White-fish Bay, Wisconsin.

1886 A. Lang in Harper's Mag. Oct. 665 When now the moors have doffed the heather bright, Grass of Parnassus, flower my heart's delight.

1955 N. Taylor Mathews's Field Bk. Amer. Wild Flowers (rev. ed.) 200 Grass of Parnassus. Parnassia glauca... In bogs and wet meadows, Que., south to Va., west to..Iowa.

1996 Guardian 22 Aug. i. 18/6 We finally reached our main objective—a mossy mire on the fellside, studded with ivory-white blooms of grass of parnassus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parnassus
释义	Parnassusn. Brit. /pɑːˈnasəs/, U.S. /pɑrˈnæsəs/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s Parnaso, Middle English–1500s Pernaso, 1500s Parnasso, 1500s Pernasso; Scottish pre-1700 Parnaso, pre-1700 Pernaso, pre-1700 Pernasso. β. 1500s Parnase, 1500s Parnasse, 1500s Parnasus, 1500s Pernasse, 1500s Pernasus, 1500s–1600s Pernassus, 1500s– Parnassus, 1600s Parnass; Scottish pre-1700 Parnas, pre-1700 Pernas, pre-1700 Pernaso, pre-1700 Pernassus, pre-1700 Pernasus, pre-1700 1700s– Parnassus. Origin: From a proper name; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymon: proper name Parnassus. Etymology: < the name of Mount Parnassus (classical Latin Parnāsus , Parnassus , ancient Greek Παρνασός , Παρνασσός ) in central Greece, to the north of Delphi, regarded as sacred to Apollo and the Muses in ancient times. In α. forms after Italian Parnaso (a1321, Dante). Compare French Parnasse (1660).Parnasus occurs as a place name in English contexts in the Old English translation of Orosius Hist. 1. Chiefly literary and poetic. a. Mount Parnassus, regarded as the source of literary, esp. poetic, inspiration; (hence) the world of literature and poetry; literature collectively. Cf. Castalia n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] metrea1375 poesyc1390 Parnassusc1395 poetryc1395 versea1400 remailea1425 poesis1565 poetry1580 muse1651 c1395 G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale 721 I sleep neuere on the mount of Parnaso Ne lerned Marcus Tullius Scithero. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 521 Ye, me to endite and ryme Helpeth, that on Parnaso duelle, Be Elicon, the clere welle. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. O.iiii^v With ioyes at hert, in this pernasse [sc. Cambridge] I bode. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. E.iii^v The Style and waightynes was suche, That all men iudged Parnassus Mownt had clefte her selfe in twayne, And brought forth one, that seemd to drop from out Mineruaes brayne. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 5 Where luring Parnase most poures out His sweetenesse, all the world doth after runne, And that truth season'd with smooth verse..The waywardst..hath wonne. 1647 R. Fanshawe tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido v. i. 172 With a load of care Men cannot climb Parnassus cliffe. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 4 All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out. 1789 R. Burns Let. 22 Jan. (2001) I. 356 Whether I may ever make my footing good, on any considerable height of Parnassus, is what I do not know. 1821 Ld. Byron Let. 26 Apr. (1978) VIII. 103 I am very sorry to hear what you say of Keats... I would rather he had been seated on the highest peak of Parnassus than have perished in such a manner. 1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman vii. 99 There are good feet that do not walk Parnassus. 1893 W. Walker Three Churchmen 134 The reviewers he looks upon as ‘gamekeepers’, doing invaluable service to literature by keeping the versifying ‘poachers’ off Parnassus. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxvi. 404 I shall administer to you the severest test of the rhymer's art: the slipperiest crag on the rocky face of Parnassus! 1981 V. Glendinning E. Sitwell 4 If the world of literary criticism knew nothing but, say, her twelve finest poems, she would have an unquestioned, uncategorized place on anyone's Parnassus. b. A collection of poems or poetical extracts; an anthology of verse. Used esp. in the title of such a collection. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > [noun] > book of poems > title of Parnassus1600 catalects1610 sylva1636 Mu'allaqat1772 divan1823 1600 R. Allott (title) England's Parnassus or choysest flowers of our English poets. 1657 J. Poole (title) The English Parnassus: or, a helpe to English poesie. 1714 E. Bysshe (title) The British Parnassus, or a compleat common-place-book of English poetry. 1810 (title) Gammer Gurton's garland: or, the nursery Parnassus. 1930 E. Blunden in Nation & Athenaeum 6 Dec. 327/1 Cooke especially, with his sixpenny numbers..gave everyone a chance to have the country's Parnassus at his bed-side. 1976 R. H. Smith (title) Paperback Parnassus. 2. grass of Parnassus n. a Eurasian marsh plant with solitary, white, green-veined flowers, Parnassia palustris (see Parnassia n.), formerly also called †flower of Parnassus, †Parnassus grass (obsolete). Also (sometimes with distinguishing word): any of various North American plants of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun] sengreenc1000 wayworta1300 saxifragec1440 stonebreak1548 grass of Parnassus1578 mountain pennywort1578 white liverwort1597 breakstone1688 Parnassia1727 mitella1731 lady's cushion1739 tiarella1759 American bastard sanicle1760 sanicle1760 mitrewort1771 queen's cushion1825 bishop's-cap1839 astilbe1843 coolwort1848 mitrewort1848 rodgersia1874 chrysosplene1877 rockfoil1879 old man's beard1882 foam flower1895 Indian rhubarb1897 mossy1938 piggyback plant1946 heucherella1949 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. li. 509 Of the grasse of Parnasus..This herbe groweth in moyst places. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 692 Parnassus Grasse, or white Liuerwoort. 1648 J. Bobart Eng. Catal. at Grasse, in Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis Grasse of Parnassus, Gramen Parnassi. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Flower of Parnassus,..has Leaves..resembling those of the Violet in Form... From amidst these Leaves arise Stems..bearing each at the Bottom, a Leaf without a Stalk, embracing them, and on the top a rosy Flower, [etc.]. 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening I. 695/1 Of this genus [sc. Parnassia] there is only one species, called, Grass of Parnassus. 1874 Amer. Naturalist 8 305 In the summer of 1866, I made the interesting discovery of the small-flowered grass of Parnassus (Parnassia parviflora DC.), at White-fish Bay, Wisconsin. 1886 A. Lang in Harper's Mag. Oct. 665 When now the moors have doffed the heather bright, Grass of Parnassus, flower my heart's delight. 1955 N. Taylor Mathews's Field Bk. Amer. Wild Flowers (rev. ed.) 200 Grass of Parnassus. Parnassia glauca... In bogs and wet meadows, Que., south to Va., west to..Iowa. 1996 Guardian 22 Aug. i. 18/6 We finally reached our main objective—a mossy mire on the fellside, studded with ivory-white blooms of grass of parnassus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1395
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