Seleucid

American  

[si-loo-sid] / sɪˈlu sɪd /

noun

• Seleucidae
  plural

1. a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312–64 b.c., that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Seleucids or their dynasty.

Seleucid British  

/ sɪˈluːsɪd /

noun

1. a member of a royal dynasty (312–64 _bc ) that at the zenith of its power ruled over an area extending from Thrace to India

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or supporting the Seleucids or their dynasty

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Seleucidan
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Seleucidae
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Seleucid

1850–55; < New Latin Seleucidēs < Greek Seleukídēs “offspring of Seleucus ( def. ) ”; see -id ¹

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Example Sentences

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Seleucid Seleucidae

The festival celebrates the victory of the Jewish Maccabees against the Greek-led Seleucid Empire, which sought to eradicate Judaism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

Hanukkah itself celebrates an ancient Jewish victory over the Seleucid Empire, which sought to impose Hellenistic culture and forced assimilation in Judea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

In 175 B.C. the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes came into power and tried to force Judeans to assimilate.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 7, 2023

Of note is the fact that the Seleucid cities represented the first major experiment in what we now call the welfare state.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

He then declared his independent kingship, sending an army to attack Egypt in concert with the Seleucid king An- tiochus I’s invasion from the east in 274.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

In Bactria the Greek satrap took the lead, and the Bactrian kingdom was, at any rate at its commencement, as thoroughly Greek as that of the Seleucidae.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

But in spite of the sack of cities and the devastations of armies, the old monarchy of the Seleucidae remained rich and grand.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

By turns she owned the sway of the Ptolemies and the Seleucidae, until finally, in 203, she was declared a Syro-Macedonian province.

From Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history by S. M. (Simon Markovich) Dubnow

Peritius was one of the Macedonian months, the use of which was introduced into Syria by the Seleucidae.

From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by John Lewis Burckhardt

With all their might, the Ptolemies in Egypt and the Seleucidae in Syria hellenized the countries subject to their rule.

From Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history by S. M. (Simon Markovich) Dubnow

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