Παρνασός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Παρνασσός (Parnassós)
Παρνησός (Parnēsós) — Ionic
Λαρνασσός (Larnassós)

Etymology

As proposed by Palmer, may be related to Luwian 𒈦𒈾𒀭𒍝 (parnanza, “house”) (stem parna-) and productive possessive suffix [script needed] (-ašša-). A similar toponym [Anatolian hieroglyphic needed] (pa+ra/i-na-sa), apparently a town in Anatolia, is attested in a hieroglyphic inscription on a Luwian monument found in Karkamıš (A24a).

However, Beekes argues that according to 6th century encyclopedist Stephanus of Byzantium the mountain had an older name starting from Λ, but this seems to be his folk-etymology explanation that the chest (λάρναξ) which saved w:Deucalion from the great flood washed up here.^[1] Judging by the variation σσ/σ it may be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /par.naː.sós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /par.naˈsos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /par.naˈsos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /par.naˈsos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /par.naˈsos/

Proper noun

Παρνᾱσός • (Parnāsós) m (genitive Παρνᾱσοῦ); second declension

Mount Parnassus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Παρνᾱσός; τοῦ Παρνᾱσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Παρνᾱσός ho Parnāsós
Genitive	τοῦ Παρνᾱσοῦ toû Parnāsoû
Dative	τῷ Παρνᾱσῷ tōî Parnāsōî
Accusative	τὸν Παρνᾱσόν tòn Parnāsón
Vocative	Παρνᾱσέ Parnāsé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Παρνᾱσῐᾰ́ς (Parnāsĭắs), Παρνησῐᾰ́ς (Parnēsĭắs)
Παρνᾱ́σῐος (Parnā́sĭos), Παρνήσσῐος (Parnḗssĭos)
Παρνᾱσῐ́ς (Parnāsĭ́s), Παρνασσῐ́ς (Parnassĭ́s), Παρνησῐ́ς (Parnēsĭ́s)

Descendants

Greek: Παρνασσός (Parnassós)

References

“Παρνασός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Παρνασός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
parna in eDiAna Digital Dictionary, University of Munich

^ Margarethe Billerbeck, Stephanus Byzantius von Byzanz

[1] Margarethe Billerbeck, Stephanus Byzantius von Byzanz

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