Middle English Dictionary Entry
Parthes n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | Parthes n. plural Also parthos, parthois, partes, pardes, pertes, pertius, & (errors) perces, parkes. |
| Etymology | L Parthī, from Gr. Parthoi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Parthians.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.622 : The kyng of Parthes [vrr. partes, Pardes, Parthos, Parthois, Pertes, Pertius]..Sente hym a paire of dees.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250a/a : An Ew tree..is a tree..with grete bowes..of the whiche þe parthes makeþ bowes.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)4126 : Parthes [vr. perces; Clg: þes kinges to him come..Of medes & of parkes].
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.7.73 : Yit was thilke tyme Rome..greetly redouted of the Parthes, and eek of the othere folk enhabitynge about.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.352 : First ageyn Parthois he cast hym to werreie.