παρθένος
Alt. παρθένος, ἡ,
I. "a maid, maiden, virgin, girl", Hom., etc.
2. Παρθένος, as a name of Athena at Athens, of Artemis, etc.
II. as adj. "maiden, virgin, chaste", πάρθενον ψυχὴν ἔχων Eur.: metaph., π. πηγή Aesch.; παρθένοι τριήρεις "maiden", i. e. "new", ships, Ar.
III. as masc., παρθένος, "an unmarried man", NTest.
Etym. deriv. uncertain