AMPHICTYON


Meaning of AMPHICTYON in English

/am fik"tee euhn/ , n.

a deputy to the council of an amphictyony.

[ 1580-90; back formation from amphictyons amphiktýones, orig. amphiktíones neighbors, equiv. to amphi- AMPHI- + -kti- inhabit + -ones n. suffix (pl.) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .