Locrian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Classical music has too many rules for its own good, but the enterprising Locrian Chamber Players have two laudable ones.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2015
The Locrian Chamber Players have several quirky policies, and they usually honor them to the letter.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2011
The Locrian followers of Ajax founded the Epizephyrian Locri on the southernmost corner of Italy, besides another settlement in Libya.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
In place of the dative in -ῳ, locatives in -οι are used in Locrian and Phocian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
A similar inundation also occurred at Atalanta, the island off the Opuntian Locrian coast, carrying away part of the Athenian fort and wrecking one of two ships which were drawn up on the beach.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard
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