Athenian

[ uh-thee-nee-uhn ]

/ əˈθi ni ən /

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adjective

pertaining to Athens, Greece.

noun

a native or citizen of Athens, Greece.

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Origin of Athenian

1580–90; <Latin Athēni(ēnsis) of Athens + -an; see -ensis

OTHER WORDS FROM Athenian

pro-A·the·ni·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Athenian

Athena, athenaeum, Athenaeus, Athenaeus of Attaleia, Athenagoras I, Athenian, Athénienne, Athens, atheoretical, atherectomy, atherine

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After all, the Athenian form of direct democracy essentially turned the justice system into a giant popularity contest in which several hundred or a thousand randomly selected citizens would judge your case.
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Social capital could be worth more than its weight in gold in Athenian society.
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Athenian sports paper Sport Day topped their front page with “Bankrupt Them” on Friday morning.
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The 28-year-old Athenian sex worker is feeling the effects of austerity in a different way than most are.
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The estival solstice of Meton, the Athenian, corresponds with this day, in the 87th Olympiad.
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In like manner, Aristophanes could afford to trifle with the asseverations of his own Athenian audiences.
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She sang the praises of Athenian literature and art and life; there was sanity and clarity, there was balance and serenity!
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But whoever, man or woman, caused a freeborn Athenian girl to enter one of the houses incurred the penalty of death.
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Both faces bear the stamp of refinement and high breeding which mark them as belonging to the class of Athenian nobles.
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British Dictionary definitions for Athenian

Athenian

/ (əˈθiːnɪən) /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Athens

adjective

of or relating to Athens

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