Molossian

British  

/ məˈlɒsɪən /

noun

1. a breed of dog native to Epirus in NW Greece, used in classical antiquity as a hunting dog and guard dog

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Etymology

Origin of Molossian

from Molossia , a district of Epirus

Example Sentences

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Molossian

For instance, the Molossian dance consisted of three long steps, ; that of the Laconians was the dactyl, , which was sometimes reversed .

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell

Since, then, you, O you Molossian dogs, are always silent, but are still not Pythagoreans, we will now go on to the rest of the discussion about fish.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

For, like a Molossian, or tawny Laconian dog, that is a friendly assistant to shepherds, I will drive with erected ears through the deep snows every brute that shall go before me.

From The Works of Horace by Horace

Meanwhile Carlyle admired my brother's general force of character, and ultimately made him his executor, in order, as he put it, that there might be a 'great Molossian dog' to watch over his treasure.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen

The opposing party of patriots, against such cowardly measures, looked abroad for aid and found a ready ally in Pyrrhus, the Molossian king of Epirus.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne