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Phœnician
Phœnician, n. and a. (fɪˈnɪʃ(ɪ)ən) Forms: 4 Feniceonne, Phenicien, 7– Phœnician, 9 Phenician. [a. F. phénicien, f. L. Phœnīcia (sc. terra), synon. with L. Phœnīcē, Gr. ϕοινίκη the country, f. ϕοῖνιξ, ϕοίνῑκ-, n. and a. Phœnician: see -an. Gr. ϕοῖνιξ also meant ‘purple-red or crimson’ (a. and n.), th...
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Orthosias in Phoenicia
History and geography
The city is mentioned for the first time in 1 Maccabees, 15:37, as a Phœnician port;
Pliny places it between Tripoli, on the south
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phœnicean
phœnicean, a. (fɪˈnɪsɪən, -ˈɪʃɪən) [f. L. phœnīce-us (Plin.) (a. Gr. ϕοινίκεος adj., f. ϕοῖνιξ purple-red, crimson: see Phœnician) + -an.] = next.1857 Fraser's Mag. LVI. 579 The wings are of a phoenicean colour, that is to say, reddish verging upon fulvous.
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Phoenician metal bowls
The Sidonians, and other inhabitants of the Phœnician coast, were the most renowned workers in metal of the ancient world, and their intermediate position It is, therefore, not impossible that the vessels discovered at Nimroud were the work of Phœnician artists, brought expressly from Tyre, or carried away
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phœnix
▪ I. phœnix1, phenix (ˈfiːnɪks) Forms: 1, 4–6 fenix, 4–6 fenyx, 5 phenes, 6 phenex, -yx, fenyce, 6– phœnix, phenix (7 phænix). [OE. and OF. fenix, a. med.L. phēnix, L. phœnix, a. Gr. ϕοῖνιξ the mythical bird, identical with ϕοῖνιξ Phœnician, purple-red, crimson: see Note below. In OF. also fenis, fe...
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Henry O'Brien (classicist)
O'Brien later translated Phœnician Ireland, by Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva in English but soon after died, at only 27 years of age by "bad health, aggravated
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Syrophœnician
Syrophœnician, n. (a.) Hist. (ˌsaɪərəʊfɪˈnɪʃ(ɪ)ən) [f. L. Syrophœnix, -ic-, fem. -phœnissa, a. Gr. συροϕοίνιξ, -ικ-, fem. -ϕοίνισσα: see Syro- and Phœnician. OE. versions of Mark vii. 26 have the adj. sirofenisc:— c 975 Rushw. Gosp. Mark vii. 26 Erat autem mulier gentilis syrophoenissa genere, wæs w...
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phenicine
phenicine, -in Chem. (ˈfɛnɪsaɪn, -ɪn) [Etymologically phœnicin(e, f. Gr. ϕοῖνιξ a purple-red, purple, or crimson, lit. a Phœnician (in reference to Tyrian purple) + -in.] A colouring matter produced by the action of nitro-sulphuric acid on phenylic alcohol; indigo carmine.1826 Henry Elem. Chem. II. ...
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Nathan Davis (traveller)
The major antiquities discovered were Roman mosaic pavements, and Phœnician inscriptions. Augustus Wollaston Franks was writing on the finds by 1859.
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Antipodian
† Antiˈpodian, a. Obs. rare—1. [f. antipod-es + -ian (cf. Phœnices, Phœnician).] = antipodean.1640 Brome Antip. 231 Hurried my Soule to the Antipodian strand.
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Aylett Sammes
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His elaborate Britannia Antiqua Illustrata, or the Antiquities of Ancient Britain derived from the Phœnicians (London, 1676) only appeared as vol It deals with the Roman period, but its main thesis is of the Phœnician derivation of the language.
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acrophony
acrophony (æˈkrɒfənɪ) [mod. f. Gr. ἄκρο- (see acro-) + -ϕωνία voice, sound.] The sound of the initial; the use of what was originally a picture-symbol or hieroglyph of an object to represent phonetically the initial syllable or sound of the name of the object; e.g. employing the symbol of an ox, ‘al...
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Slavo-
Slavo- (ˈslɑːvəʊ, ˈslævəʊ) combining form (on Greek analogies) of Slav: a. Used parasynthetically with terms denoting other peoples or countries, as Slavo-Germanic, Slavo-Hungarian, Slavo-Lettic, Slavo-Lithuanian, Slavo-Phœnician, etc.1839 Donaldson New Cratyl. §97 (1850) 141 The old Pelasgian or Sl...
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Siculo-
Siculo- (ˈsɪkjuːləʊ) used as combining form of L. Siculus Sicilian, as in Siculo-American, Siculo-Arabian, Siculo-Arabic, Siculo-Moresque, Siculo-Phœnician, Siculo-Punic.1764 Phil. Trans. LIV. 405 This character on one of the Siculo-Punic medals. 1770 Ibid. LXI. 96 The ancient Siculo-Punic, and Sicu...
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unguentarium
‖ unguenˈtarium Archæol. [L. unguentārium (vās), f. unguent-um unguent n.] A vessel for holding ointment; an unguentary.1859 R. Hunt Guide Mus. Pract. Geol. (ed. 2) 85 Vases, bowls, lamps, unguentaria, amphoræ. 1888 Pall Mall G. 22 Aug. 5/2 Besides the unguentaria, there are..specimens of the early ...
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