Parthenian
/pɑːˈθiːnɪən/Classical Mythol. Now rare and literary
adjective
Belonging to or associated with the region of Mount Parthenios in Arcadia (on the southern Greek mainland).
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in George Turberville (c1543–c1597), poet and translator. From classical Latin Parthenius of or associated with Mount Parthenios (classical Latin Parthenius) + -an.
- chain gun
- chain harrow
- chain letter
- chain-link
- chain mail
- chain of causation
- chain of command
- chain of ponds
- chainplate
- chain reaction
- chainring
- chainsaw
- chain shot
- Chain, Sir Ernst Boris
- chain-smoke
- chain-smoker
- chain stitch
- chain store
- chain wheel
- chair
- chairborne
- chair car
- chairlady
- chairlift
- chairman