Parthenia

American  

[pahr-thee-nee-uh] / pɑrˈθi ni ə /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”

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Example Sentences

Parthenia died when Charles was 10; her infant son, Oscar, died less than two months later at just over a year old.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2023

“On the corner of Parthenia and De Soto,” Enberg said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2016

In Pennsylvania and Virginia she recounted “clear traces of Colonial days,” including quaint names on gravestones, such as Parthenia, Edmonia and Johanah.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2015

The others were Parthenia, a viol consort, and the Four Nations Ensemble.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2010

One was named Parthenia, the second Edosia, an other Hypocolinia, the fourth Pinotidia, the next Tapinosa, the last Prochina.

From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert