Teucrian

American  

[too-kree-uhn, tyoo-] / ˈtu kri ən, ˈtju- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the ancient Trojans.

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noun

1. one of the ancient Trojans.

Teucrian British  

/ ˈtjuːkrɪən /

noun

1. another word for Trojan

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Etymology

Origin of Teucrian

< Greek Teûkr ( os ) Teucer, first king of Troy

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Example Sentences

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Teucrian

Or shall I, following Ilian ships, bear uttermost commands Of Teucrian men, because my help their lightened hearts makes kind; Because the thank for deed I did lies ever on their mind?

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris

Again is an alien bride the source of all that Teucrian woe, again a foreign marriage-chamber. . . .

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

Sister, how glorious even now these towers, What realm shall rise, with such a wondrous pair When Teucrian arms join fellowship with ours, What glory shall the Punic state upbear!

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

I saw, how, backward as his comrades reeled, Poor Ufens, sooner than behold such stain, Sank low in death; himself, his sword and shield 739 The Teucrian victors hold, their trophies of the field.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

Go, thunder out thy wonted words! lay craven fear on me, O Drances, thou, whose hand has heaped the Teucrian enemy Dead all about, and everywhere has glorified the meads With war-spoil!

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris

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