παρθέν-εια, τά,
songs sung by a chorus of maidens, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 919, Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.139. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II festival of ἡ Παρθένος at Chersonesus, [[ “IPE” 12.352.49 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+].
παρθεν-εία, ἡ,
virginity, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 592, “Tr.” 980 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—more frequently παρθενία, Epic dialect παρθενίη, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 102, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).48, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 898 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1487 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 894b35, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.502, LXX.Jer.3.4, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 26.2, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.30 ] LXX+7th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῆς π. or ἀπὸπ., [[ NT.Luke.2.36, “IG” 12(7).395.20 (from Amorgos) ] NT]; ἐκ π. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 13, “PSI” 1.41.5 (4th c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a man, [[Ach. Tat. 5.20. ] Refs]