Sinon

[ sahy-non ]

noun

1. a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.

Example Sentences

Il prenoit des symptomes si mortels, que souvent nous n'attendions sinon qu'il nous demeurast entre les mains.

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Siquid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti, sinon——I have nothing to add about the enclosed.

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Sinon, a Greek, brought before Priam, feigns righteous indignation against Greece.

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The crafty Odysseus had left behind his trusty friend Sinon with full instructions as to his course of action.

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Qu'elle n'alloit point au Sabath sinon lors que son mary estoit demeuré la nuict en pescherie à la mer.

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