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Paros

Paros · f

one of the Cyclades

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k
Pro P. Sestio 2 · 1.19/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 1 · 0.79/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Păros — Lewis & Short

Păros (-us), i, f., = *pa/ros,

I one of the Cyclades, famous for its white marble and as the birthplace of the poet Archilochus, now Paro, Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 67; Nep. Milt. 7, 2; Liv. 31, 15: marmoreamque Paron, Ov. M. 7, 465; cf.: Olearon niveamque Paron, Verg. A. 3, 126.—Hence,

II Părĭus, a, um, adj., Parian: crimine Pario accusatus, with respect to Paros (the failure to capture Paros), Nep. Milt. 8, 1: Glycerae nitor Splendentis Pario marmore purius, Hor. C. 1, 19, 5: marmor, Ov. P. 4, 8, 31; Petr. 126: lapis, Verg. A. 1, 592; Vulg. Esth. 1, 6: iambi, of Archilochus, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 23.—In plur.: Părĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Paros, the Parians, Liv. 31, 31; Nep Milt. 7, 4; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14.

2. paros — Walde–Hofmann

paros (wie vitu-pero von *vito-paros „minderwertig achtend“) neuerdings Muller Mnem. 60, 225. aes Z. 2: zum Lautl. Kent AJPh. 52, 84. — Z. 13: dazu o. eisernim ,Erzgrube*? (Muller Mnem. 46, 139). aesculus Z. 3: hypothetisch Pisani Rc. Acc. Linc. s. VI v. 4 p. 352 (atrikuny aus *afgzlo- [Dem. von *aigos „Eiche*] + *ög* ,aussehend* [-- dabei unerklürt] aesculus aus *aigzloguos, metath. *aiksquolos). — Vorröm. Ursprung … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. paros, p. 876]

In the wild

Paro Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.7.p5
Paron Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 22.4.140
Paro Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.2.15
Paron Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.465
Parosque Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.221
Paro Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.13.p1

6 of 23 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. paros (scan pp. 876-877; entry #1617). Root candidates: *afgzlo-, *ais-, *alb-.

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