Parnassus

English
Pallas Athene Visiting Apollo on the Parnassus (1703) by Arnold Houbraken

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παρνασσός (Parnassós).

Proper noun

Parnassus

  1. A mountain in central Greece, adjacent the site of the ancient city of Delphi, that in Greek mythology was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs and was the home of the Muses.
  2. (figuratively) The home of poetry, literature, and learning.

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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
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