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Pisidian

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[pi-sid-ee-uhn, pahy-] / pɪˈsɪd i ən, paɪ- /

noun

  1. the extinct language of Pisidia, not known to be related to any other language, written in a script derived from the Greek alphabet.


Etymology

Origin of Pisidian

Pisidi(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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I saw the hosts of Louis VII and Conrad, a million and more, swallowed up in Iconia and the Pisidian mountains.

From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis

Haretas the Pisidian shall go down Into the place of ships, but not my guest: Entrust your ring to this, and she will bear it.

From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Bottomley, Gordon

But there were two men among his bodyguards, a certain Principius, who was a man of note and a Pisidian by birth, and Tarmutus, an Isaurian, brother of Ennes who was commander of the Isaurians.

From Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. by Dewing, H. B.

Peter and Paul at, 121, 157   Antioch, Pisidian, 152   Apocalypse.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

But it is extremely probable that he left the damp lowlands of Pamphylia for the bracing air of Pisidian Antioch.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton