arsino
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of arsino
Example Sentences
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Along the southern coast, where the houses of Seleucus and Ptolemy strove for predominance, we find the names of Berenice, Arsino� and Ptolemais confronting those of Antioch and Seleucia.
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In the centre of the entrance-wall are, Ptolemy-Philadelphus, and, on his left, his queen Arsino�, of red granite.
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Coquettish and feline with Alceste, frivolous and back-biting with the little marquises, cruelly ironical with Arsino�, in each act, in each scene, she shows herself under a different aspect.
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Mounds north of the town mark the site of Arsino�, earlier Crocodilopolis, where was worshipped the sacred crocodile kept in the Lake of Moeris.
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He renamed the city after his wife Arsino�, but the old name was soon resumed.
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