amphictyonic

/æmˌfɪktiˈɒnɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.26 in modern English

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adj

"an Amphictyonic town or state"
"the Amphictyonic body"
"Of the duties of the Amphictyonic Council nothing will give us a better idea than the oath taken by its members. It ran thus “We will not destroy any Amphictyonic town, nor cut it off from running water in war or peace[…]"

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμφικτυονικός (Amphiktuonikós). By surface analysis, amphictyon + -ic.

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The recorded pronunciation is /æmˌfɪktiˈɒnɪk/.

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Where does amphictyonic come from?

It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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