PRAXITELES

Meaning of PRAXITELES in English

Pronunciation: prak- ' si-t ə - ˌ l ē z

Function: biographical name

fl 370-330 B.C. Athenian sculptor

– Prax · it · e · le · an \ ( ˌ )prak- ˌ si-t ə - ' l ē - ə n \ adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PRAXITELES — biographical name flourished 370-330 B.C. Athenian sculptor, Praxitelean adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRAXITELES — flourished с 370–330 BC, Greece Greek sculptor. His only known surviving work, the marble Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus , …
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PRAXITELES — — Praxitelean , adj. /prak sit"l eez'/ , n. fl. c350 B.C., Greek sculptor.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAXITELES — biographical name flourished 370-330 B.C. Athenian sculptor • Prax·it·e·le·an (ˌ)prak-ˌsi-tə-ˈlē-ən adjective
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PRAXITELES — flourished 370, -330 BC greatest of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century and one of the most original of …
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PRAXITELES — Praxiteles BrE AmE præk ˈsɪt ə liːz -ɪ-; - ə l iːz AmE \ -ˈsɪt̬ ə l iːz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRAXITELES — flourished 0441; 370330 BC, Greece Greek sculptor. His only known surviving work, the marble Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus , …
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PRAXITELES — Пракситель
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PRAXITELEAN — adjective see: Praxiteles
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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PRAXITELEAN — see Praxiteles
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