Middle English Dictionary Entry
parius n.
Entry Info
| Forms | parius n. Also parium & pario. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Parian marble; ~ ston.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Esth.1.6 : Vp on the raied pament smaragd and pario stones weren disposid.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)204a/a : Parius stoon [L parius lapis] is a kynde of noble marble and precious..þis stoon is y-founde in þe Ilond paran and is þerfore y-cleped parius.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1051 : The Parius..good for febyll syght.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.112 : Þer bene many maners of kynde of marble, as alabastrum & parium.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.117 : Parius is a stone of þe kend of þe noble & gentil marbul..Also, Ised seyþ þat ston is founde in þe lond of paroun, & þerfor it is cleped paryus.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.118 : Parius is a kend of most whiȝt marbul.