Paropamisus

English

Alternative forms

• Paropanisus, Paropamisadae

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paropamīsus, from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).

Proper noun

Paropamisus

2. (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.
4. A mountain range in Afghanistan

Synonyms

• Paropamisadae, Paropanisadae

Latin

A 1467 manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography depicting "Paropanisus" in the top right

Alternative forms

• Parapamisus, Paropanisus, Parapanisus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.paˈmiː.sus/, [pärɔpäˈmiːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.paˈmi.sus/, [päropäˈmiːs̬us]

Proper noun

Paropamīsus

1. (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)
2. Paropamisus (a mountain range in Afghanistan)

Synonyms

• Paropamisadae, Paropanisadae

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