Athenian [ uh -thee -nee-uh n ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈθi ni ən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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 ,
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Athenaeus ,
Athenaeus of Attaleia ,
Athenagoras I ,
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How to use Athenian in a sentence The Classical Athenian hoplites, on the other hand, may have adopted more variance in style, ranging from Chalcidian to Attic helmets.
Anaxagoras “was the first to stimulate Archelaus the Athenian to practice philosophy,” wrote the famous physician Galen.
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.
Social capital could be worth more than its weight in gold in Athenian society.
Athenian sports paper Sport Day topped their front page with “Bankrupt Them” on Friday morning.
The 28-year-old Athenian sex worker is feeling the effects of austerity in a different way than most are.
The estival solstice of Meton, the Athenian , corresponds with this day, in the 87th Olympiad.
In like manner, Aristophanes could afford to trifle with the asseverations of his own Athenian audiences.
She sang the praises of Athenian literature and art and life; there was sanity and clarity, there was balance and serenity!
But whoever, man or woman, caused a freeborn Athenian girl to enter one of the houses incurred the penalty of death.
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
noun
a native or inhabitant of Athens
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