Lycaonian, a. and n.
(lɪkeɪˈəʊnɪən)
Also Lykaonian.
[f. L. Lycaonia, Gr. λυκαονία Lycaonia + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to ancient Lycaonia in southern Asia Minor, its inhabitants, or the language spoken by them. B. n. a. The language of Lycaonia. b. A native or inhabitant of Lycaonia.
| 1582 Bible (Reims) Acts xiv. 10 And the multitudes when they had seen what Paul had done, lifted vp their voice in the lycáonian tongue. 1890 W. M. Ramsay Hist. Geogr. Asia Minor 392 When, in 361–2, it was found advisable to divide further the large province of Isauria, all the Lykaonian cities were taken from it and from Pisidia. 1893 ― Church in Roman Empire ii. 57 Greek then, and not Latin or Lykaonian, would be the common language of these two classes of the population. 1911 [see Iconian a. and n.]. 1926 Public Opinion 25 June 582/1 The two gods to whom the Lycaonians..were accustomed to pray. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 511/2 The Lycaonians were to a great extent independent of the Persian empire... The mention of the Lycaonian language in the Acts of the Apostles..shows that the native language was spoken by the common people at Lystra as late as a.d. 50. |