(par′is) noun
The herb–Paris. [<L pars, paris equal; infl. by PARIS]

(par′is)
In Greek mythology, a son of Priam and Hecuba who carried off Helen, wife of Menelaus, thus causing the Trojan War. See APPLE OF DISCORD.

(par′is, Fr. pá·rē′)
A port on the Seine, 111 miles from its mouth, and capital of France: ancient Lutetia.

(pä·rēs′), Gaston,
1839–1903, French philologist.