Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Scythia or its people, language, or culture.
- noun A member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia.
- noun The Iranian language of the Scythians.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In geology, noting the lowest series of the Triassic system in the Mediterranean basin, comprising the Brahmanian and Jakutian stages.
- Pertaining to the Scythians, or to Seythia, an ancient region of indefinite extent north of the Black Sea, or in the northern and central parts of Asia.
- Pertaining to the family of languages sometimes called Ural-Altaic or Turanian.
- noun A member of an ancient nomadic race, found in the steppe regions from the Carpathian mountains eastward. The Scythians have been thought to be of Mongolian or more probably of Aryan descent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.
- adjective (Bot.) See
Barometz . - noun A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe.
- noun The language of the Scythians.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An inhabitant of
Scythia , an ill-defined region centered in southernRussia . - adjective relating to
Scythia or Scythians - proper noun the Eastern Iranian language of Scythians
- proper noun linguistics the
Proto-Indo-European language
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language
- noun a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
- noun the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Greek historians, on the other hand, freely applied the general term Scythian -- as they had done at any time since the Scythian campaign of Darius Hystaspis -- to any barbarian nation living beyond the Danube and the Cimmerian Bosporus.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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Let us note the usage of the word "Scythian" - several peoples were known as Scythians
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What is called the Scythian desert is a prairie, rich in meadows, high-lying, and well watered; for the rivers which carry off the water from the plains are large.
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Joannes Maxentius, leader of the so-called Scythian monks, appears in history at Constantinople in 519 and 520.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The extremes of form and color are certainly separated, but without regard to the races, which can not be included in any of these classes, and which have been alternately termed Scythian and Allophyllic.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. Various 1885
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The so-called Scythian brought a message from his master.
A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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The so-called Scythian brought a message from his master.
A Thorny Path — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867
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The so-called Scythian brought a message from his master.
A Thorny Path — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867
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The so-called Scythian brought a message from his master.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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The so-called Scythian brought a message from his master.
A Thorny Path — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867
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