Paropamisus

• Paropanisus

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

Paropamisus

1. (historical) A region of eastern Afghanistan ruled by the Greeks around the time of Alexander the Great, variously considered a satrapy of Persia, a region of India, and an autonomous people.

• Paropamisadae, Paropanisadae

• Parapamisus, Paropanisus, Parapanisus

From Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).

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

Paropamīsus

1. (historical geography) A region of eastern Afghanistan ruled by the Greeks around the time of Alexander the Great, variously considered a satrapy of Persia, a region of India, and an autonomous people.
2. A great mountain range of Asia

• Paropamisadae, Paropanisadae

• “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