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Webster 1913 Edition


Parnassus

Par-nas′sus

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]
(Anc. Geog. & Gr. Myth.)
A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
Grass of Parnassus
.
(Bot.)
See under
Grass
, and
Parnassia
.
To climb Parnassus
,
to write poetry.
[Colloq.]

Definition 2024


Parnassus

Parnassus

English

Proper noun

Parnassus

  1. Name of a mountain in central Greece; according to Greek mythology, this mountain was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs, and was the home of the Muses.
  2. (figuratively) Home of poetry, literature, and learning.

Latin

Proper noun

Parnassus m (genitive Parnassī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of Parnāsus

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Parnassus
genitive Parnassī
dative Parnassō
accusative Parnassum
ablative Parnassō
vocative Parnasse
locative Parnassī