Parnassus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Parnassus in British English:
UK [pɑ:ˈnæsəs]
How to pronounce Parnassus in American English:
US [pɑrˈnæsəs]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry
Word Origin
- Parnassus (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin, from Greek Parnassos, mountain in central Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, thus symbolic of poetry. Room writes that the name is from Hittite parna "abode." Related: Parnassian. Various kinds of literary fame seem destined to various measures of duration. Some spread into exuberance with a very speedy growth, but soon wither and decay; some rise more slowly, but last long. Parnassus has its flowers of transient fragrance, as well as its oaks of towering height, and its laurels of eternal verdure. [Samuel Johnson, "The Rambler," March 23, 1751]
Example
- 1. Parnassus equity income fund ; prblx .
- 2. In his chosen field vince lord could , and probably would scale the parnassus heights .
- 3. No matter on the thought or on the arts , the creating of shus poetry brought many important contemporary to chinese modern poetry parnassus .
- 4. Books , indeed , endow us with a whole enchanted palace of thoughts . There is a wider prospect , says jean paul richer , from ; parnassus than from a throne .