Syracusan
Americannoun
adjective
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A Slovakian gets a long rave from the ultimate Syracusan.
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2021
The historian Plutarch tells a moving story about the thousands of Athenian soldiers held prisoner in roasting Syracusan quarries after a disastrous campaign in 413 BC.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2013
Archimedes’ talents were useful to the Syracusan military as well.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
The amusement of the piece hinges on the citizens of Epidamnum mistaking the Syracusan stranger for his brother, and the family of the Epidamnian brother falling into a corresponding error.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
A lifting power the Syracusan never dreamed of literally throwing itself away!
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
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