Thracian
Americanadjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Thrace.
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an Indo-European language of ancient Thrace.
noun
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a member of an ancient Indo-European people who lived in the SE corner of the Balkan Peninsula
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the ancient language spoken by this people, belonging to the Thraco-Phrygian branch of the Indo-European family: extinct by the early Middle Ages
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Thracian
1560–70; < Latin Thrāci ( us ) of Thrace (< Greek Thrā́ikios, equivalent to Thrā́ik ( ē ) Thrace + -ios adj. suffix) + -an
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“Spartacus” screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted during the Red Scare, may have identified with the shrewd Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt against the crushing overlords of the Roman Republic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
The festival, held every January in the village of Kosharevo, is known as "Surva" and is a mixture of Christian and pagan rituals that can be traced back to Thracian times.
From Reuters ● Jan. 15, 2023
One Thracian rebel missed the memo, and lived happily ever after.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
The movie tells the story of a Thracian gladiator who gathered an army of fellow gladiators and runaway slaves in an attempt to free themselves from a life of brutal and demeaning slavery.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
He was the son of one of the Muses and a Thracian prince.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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