Hercynian
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of Hercynian
C16: from Latin Hercynia silva the Hercynian forest (i.e., the wooded mountains of central Germany, esp the Erzgebirge)
Example Sentences
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It is supposed to be a part of the Hercynian Forest.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius
Their flocks and herds were permitted to graze in the pastures of the barbarians: their huntsmen penetrated, without fear or danger, into the darkest recesses of the Hercynian wood.
From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester
A little ahead of it stalks Gargilius, attended by a strong force of retainers armed with spears and nets, enough to thin the game of the Hercynian forest.
From Horace by Martin, Theodore
Such a shade he knew had been already detected in the Palus Somnii, near Mare Crisium, and in the circular area of Lichtenberg, near the Hercynian Mountains, on the eastern edge of the Moon.
From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward
At about the same period a civil dissension among the Chatti—a powerful German race within the Hercynian forest— resulted in the expatriation of a portion of the people.
From The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 01: Introduction I by Motley, John Lothrop
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