Paropamisus
English
Alternative forms
- Paropanisus, Paropamisadae
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Paropamīsus, from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).
Proper noun
Paropamisus
- (historical) An ancient region and satrapy in modern Afghanistan and Pakistan, ruled by the Greeks around the time of Alexander the Great and later ceded to Chandragupta Maurya.
- A mountain range in Afghanistan.
Synonyms
Latin
Alternative forms
- Parapamisus, Paropanisus, Parapanisus
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pa.rɔ.paˈmiː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.ro.paˈmiː.s̬us]
Proper noun
Paropamīsus
- (historical) Paropamisus (an ancient region and satrapy in modern Afghanistan and Pakistan, ruled by the Greeks around the time of Alexander the Great and later ceded to Chandragupta Maurya)
- Paropamisus (a mountain range in Afghanistan)
Synonyms
References
- “Paropamisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Paropamisus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Paropamisus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly