Parthenope

See also: Parthénope

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Parthenope

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Parthenopē, from Ancient Greek Παρθενόπη (Parthenópē, from παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin, virginal”) +‎ ὄψ (óps, “voice”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːrˈθɛnəpi/

Proper noun

Parthenope

1. (Greek mythology) One of the sirens, daughter of the god Achelous and the Muse Terpsichore.
2. (historical) Former name of Naples: a port city in southwestern Italy.
   • 1867, William Latham Bevan, The Student's Manual of Ancient Geography..., page 567:

     Neapolis, Naples, was situated on the W. slope of Mt. Vesuvius and on the banks of the small stream Sebethus. It was founded by the Greeks of Cumae, and was named Neapolis, "New City," in contradistinction to Palaepolis, "Old City," which had been previously established, probably on the hill of Pausilypus. The name of Parthenope appears to have originally belonged to Palaepolis, but was subsequently transferred to Neapolis.

3. (astronomy) 11 Parthenope, a main belt asteroid.

   Synonyms: 11 Parthenope, 𜻄, 🝺

Derived terms

• Parthenopean

Translations

One of the Sirens from Greek mythology

French: Parthénope (fr) f Greek: Παρθενόπη (el) f (Parthenópi) Ancient Greek: Παρθενόπη f (Parthenópē) Portuguese: Parténope f (Portugal), Partênope f (Brazil) Russian: Парфено́па f (Parfenópa), Партено́па f (Partenópa)

asteroid

Chinese: Mandarin: 海妖星 (Hǎiyāoxīng) French: Parthénope (fr) Italian: Partenope f Russian: Парфенопа f (Parfenopa)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Parthenope f

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Parténope