The corpus record

παρθεν-εύω

partheneuo

bring up as a maid

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

παρθεν-εύω · parthen-euō — LSJ

bring up as a maid, lead a maiden life, grows grey in maidenhood

bring up as a maid, π. παῖδας ἐν δόμοις καλῶς E. Supp. 452, cf. Luc. DMar. 12.1, etc.:—Pass., lead a maiden life, Hdt. 3.124, A. Pr. 648, E. Ph. 1637 ; πολιὰ (neut. pl.) παρθενεύεται grows grey in maidenhood, Id. Hel. 283.

intr. in Act., = Pass., Hld. 7.8.

In the wild

παρθενεύει · partheneuei Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 645–648
παρθενεύεται · partheneuetai Euripides, Helen *(ele/nh (DIORISIS sentence 168)
παρθενεύου · partheneuou Euripides, Phoenissae 1635 (DIORISIS sentence 929)
παρθενεύειν · partheneuein Euripides, Suppliants (DIORISIS sentence 257)
παρθενεύεσθαι · partheneuesthai Herodotus, Histories 3.124.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3815)
παρθενεύεσθαι · partheneuesthai Herodotus, Histories 3.124.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3817)

Where it came from

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