(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:53:47

Pen*tel"ic (?), Pen*tel"i*can (?), a.

Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built.

 

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