Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island off southeast Greece in the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea near Athens. It was a prosperous maritime city-state in the fifth century BC but declined after its defeat by Athens and the expulsion of its population. The first Greek coins were struck here.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Æginidæ.
- noun A genus of crustaceans.
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- proper noun an island in
Greece
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small medusa
- noun an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of these was, that he called Aegina "the eyesore of the Peiraeus," and that "he saw war coming upon Athens from Peloponnesus."
Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839
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These figures do not include trips to the Argosaronic islands such as Aegina and Poros.
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His pious wife Phrygia is Nina Kaptsova, with Svetlana Zakharova deploying her extravagant supple technique as the narcissistic Aegina.
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Soft-eyed but steely of limb, Kaptsova is herself contrasted with Maria Allash's spiky and calculating Aegina, mistress of the Roman leader Crassus.
Spartacus; Laurencia 2010
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For now have I come to the glorious end of your toils; for no adventure befell you as ye came home from Aegina, and no tempest of winds opposed you; but quietly did ye skirt the
The Argonautica 2008
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Euphemus, which is interpreted by Jason: arrival at Aegina and at Pagasae, the end of the voyage (1694 – 1781).
The Argonautica 2008
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Arrival at the isle Anaphe: the dream of Euphemus, which is interpreted by Jason: arrival at Aegina and at Pagasae, the end of the voyage (1694 – 1781).
The Argonautica 2008
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Arrival at the isle Anaphe: the dream of Euphemus, which is interpreted by Jason: arrival at Aegina and at Pagasae, the end of the voyage (1694 – 1781).
The Argonautica 2008
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After them came the sons of Aeacus, not both together, nor from the same spot; for they settled far from Aegina in exile, when in their folly they had slain their brother Phocus.
The Argonautica 2008
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And thence they steadily left behind long leagues of sea and stayed on the beach of Aegina; and at once they contended in innocent strife about the fetching of water, who first should draw it and reach the ship.
The Argonautica 2008
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