LYCIAN

Meaning of LYCIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈli-sh(ē-)ən ]

noun

Date: 1583

1. : a native or inhabitant of Lycia

2. : an Anatolian language of the Indo-European language family — see Indo-European languages table

• Lycian adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

LYCIAN — noun Date: 1583 a native or inhabitant of Lycia, an Anatolian language of the Indo-European language family, ~ adjective
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LYCIAN — I. ˈlish(ē)ən sometimes ˈlisēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin lycius , adjective & noun, Lycian (from Greek lykios, from …
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LYCIAN — /lish"ee euhn/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to Lycia. n. 2. an inhabitant of Lycia. 3. an Anatolian language …
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LYCIAN — [Ly.cian] n (1598) 1: a native or inhabitant of Lycia 2: an Anatolian language of the Indo-European language family -- …
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LYCIAN — Pronunciation: ' li-sh( ē -) ə n Function: noun Date: 1583 1 : a native or inhabitant of Lycia 2 …
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LYCIAN LANGUAGE — extinct language of southwestern Asia Minor (now Turkey), written in an indigenous Lycian alphabet based on a West Greek prototype. …
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LYCIAN ALPHABET — writing system of the Lycian people of southwest Asia Minor, dating from the 5th4th centuries BC. The Lycian alphabet is …
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PANDARUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Pandaros Date: 14th century a Lycian archer in the Trojan War who in medieval legend …
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ANATOLIAN LANGUAGES — Branch of the The attested Anatolian languages are Hittite, Palaic, Luwian (Luvian), Hieroglyphic Luwian, Lycian, and Lydian. Hittite, by far …
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LYCIUM — ˈlis(h)ēəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek lykion, a thorn from Lycia, from neuter of Lykios Lycian : …
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ASIANIC — |āzhē|anik also -shē- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Asian + -ic 1. : asian 2. : of, belonging to, or …
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SARPEDON — /sahr peed"n, -pee"don/ , n. Class. Myth. a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
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ANATOLIAN — /an'euh toh"lee euhn/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to Anatolia, its inhabitants, or their language. 2. of, pertaining to, …
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PANDARUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Pandaros Date: 14th century : a Lycian archer in the Trojan War who in medieval …
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PANDARUS — [Pan.da.rus] n [L, fr. Gk Pandaros]: a Lycian archer in the Trojan War who in medieval legend procures Cressida for …
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XANTHUS — modern Kinik principal city of ancient Lycia. It is situated on a cliff above the mouth of the Koca (Xanthus) …
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SARPEDON — in Greek legend, son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Laodameia, the daughter of Bellerophon; he was a …
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PANDARUS — in Greek legend, son of Lycaon, a Lycian. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Pandarus broke the truce between the …
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NICHOLAS, SAINT, — flourished 4th century, , Myra, Lycia, Asia Minor [near modern Kale (Demre also called Nicholas Of Bari, Nicholas Of Myra, …
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LYCIA — ancient maritime district of southwestern Anatolia (now Turkey). Lycia lay along the Mediterranean coast between Caria and Pamphylia, and extended …
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LUWIAN LANGUAGE — also called Luvian, or Luish, extinct Indo-European language primarily of the southern part of ancient Anatolia. It was closely related …
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LETO — Latin Latona, in classical mythology, a Titan, the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, and mother of the god Apollo and …
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HITTITE LANGUAGE — most important of the extinct Indo-European languages of Anatolia; it was closely related to Luwian, Lydian, Lycian, and Palaic. Hittite …
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HEPHAESTUS — also spelled Hephaistos, in Greek religion, the god of fire. Originally a deity of Asia Minor and the adjoining islands …
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GLAUCUS — (Greek: Gleaming), name of several figures in Greek mythology, the most important of whom were the following: Glaucus, surnamed Pontius, …
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FETHIYE — town, southwestern Turkey. It lies along a sheltered bay in the eastern part of the Gulf of Fethiye on the …
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FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES — born August 1799, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died Nov. 8, 1860, London English archaeologist who discovered ruins of the cities …
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ANATOLIAN LANGUAGES — extinct Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages spoken in Anatolia from sometime in the 3rd millenium BC until the early centuries of …
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ANATOLIA — Turkish Anadolu, also called Asia Minor, the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asiatic portion of Turkey. Because of …
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'ABD ALLAH IBN SA'D IBN ABI SARH — died AD 656 governor of Upper (southern) Egypt for the Muslim caliphate during the reign of 'Uthman (644-656) and the …
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SHELTERED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sheltered upbringing (= one in which someone is protected from difficult or unpleasant experiences …
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