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asiatic vespers

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
asi-at-ic ves-pers
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An incident in 88 BCE, in which a coordinated massacre of Roman citizens in various towns in Anatolia was undertaken at the behest of King Mithridates VI of Pontus, which served as casus belli for Rome to instigate the First Mithridatic War.

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Etymology

Alternative version of a calque of French Vèpres éphésiennes (“Ephesian Vespers”), coined 1890 by historian Théodore Reinach by analogy with Sicilian Vespers. Ephesus was one of the towns where the massacre occurred.

Inflected Forms

Asian Vespers (alternative) Ephesian Vespers (alternative) Vespers of 88 BC (alternative)

Questions

What does asiatic vespers mean?
An incident in 88 BCE, in which a coordinated massacre of Roman citizens in various towns in Anatolia was undertaken at the behest of King Mithridates VI of Pontus, which served as casus belli for Rome to instigate the First Mithridatic War.
Where does asiatic vespers come from?
Alternative version of a calque of French Vèpres éphésiennes (“Ephesian Vespers”), coined 1890 by historian Théodore Reinach by analogy with Sicilian Vespers. Ephesus was one of the towns where the massacre occurred.

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