kyrenaean
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of Cyrenian.
noun
Alternative form of Cyrenian.
Example Sentences
- "Structurally, oracles II and III of the Kyrenaean version correspond to oracle II of the Theraian, that is, an inquiry following a failure to accomplish the colonization."
- "R. rejects A.’s view that the ambassadors of the Kyrenaean Ptolemaiei (L. 3) were Jews; […]"
- "Between ca. 510 and 480, for example, Kyrene minted silver issues which on the obverse depicted the silphium fruit or the entire silphium plant, a medicinal and culinary herb famous in antiquity for its origin at Kyrenaean silphium plantations."
- "The Kyrenaean inscription, having used the word of malevolent spirits, goes on immediately to apply it to human suppliants (110–22)."
- "A week later the Kyrenaean shifted into the town."
- "The scholion on Aristophanes Plut. 925 serves as a corroboration: “The Kyrenaeans honour him as the Archēgetēs.”"
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κυρηναῖος (Kurēnaîos) + -an.