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Thessalian, a. and n. Gr. Antiq.|θɪˈseɪlɪən|
[f. L. Thessalius, Thessalus (Gr. θεσσάλειος, θεσσαλός) adjs. f. Thessalia (θεσσαλία) Thessaly: see -an, -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Thessaly, a region in northern Greece.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. iv. i. 127 Crooke kneed, and dew-lapt, like Thessalian Buls. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 544 As when Alcides..tore Through pain up by the roots Thessalian Pines. 1757J. Dyer Fleece ii. 56 When, o'er the deep by flying Phryxus brought, The fam'd Thessalian ram enrich'd her plains. 1842Tennyson Talking Oak 292 Or that Thessalian growth, In which the swarthy ringdove sat, And mystic sentence spoke. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 299/1 These Thessalian passes were of the utmost importance to southern Greece. 1973R. L. Fox Alexander i. iii. 47 Demeratus the Corinthian..had bought the horse from his Thessalian breeder.
B. n. An inhabitant of Thessaly; the dialect of Greek spoken there.
1608E. Topsell Serpents 5 One Aleua a Thessalian, who feeding his Oxen in Thessaly..there fell in loue with him a Serpent. 1704S. Parker tr. Tully's Old Age 34 When Cineas the Thessalian told him of it. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 299/2 In race, as in geographical position, the Thessalians held an intermediate place between the non-Hellenic Macedonians and the Greeks of pure blood. 1910C. D. Buck Gr. Dial. i. 3 Thessalian is of all dialects the most closely related to Lesbian, and at the same time shares in some of the characteristics of the West Greek dialects. 1973R. L. Fox Alexander i. iii. 60 Philip's heir was ruler of the Thessalians, a people essential for his army. 1978Language LIV. 179 Thereafter Thessalian underwent some influence from Northwest Greek. |