Xanthian
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Xanthian
Example Sentences
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In 1845 he was knighted “as an acknowledgment of his services in the removal of the Xanthian antiquities to this country.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Xanthian, zan′thi-an, adj. pertaining to Xanthus, the capital of ancient Lycia, in Asia Minor.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
It was so tragical a sight, that Brutus could not endure to see it, but wept at the very relation of it, and proclaimed a reward to any soldier that could save a Xanthian.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
While following in the track of Mr Fellowes, he caught the fatal Xanthian fever; and after many relapses died here.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
This tomb, which occupied the highest point of the hill on which Xanthus stood, is described by Sir Charles Fellows in his account of the Xanthian marbles, published in 1843.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by W. Blanchard Jerrold
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