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Tyrtæan, a.|təˈtiːən|
[f. proper name Tyrtæus, Gr. τυρταῖος (see def.) + -an.]
Pertaining to or in the style of Tyrtæus, a Greek poet of the 7th century b.c., who composed martial songs for the Spartans; martial, warlike.
1879Swinburne Stud. Shaks. (1880) 114 There was nothing of the dry Tyrtæan twang, the dull mechanic resonance. 1898G. W. E. Russell Collect. & Recollect. 380 Twenty years ago..the music-halls rang with the ‘Great MacDermott's' Tyrtæan strain:—We don't want to fight; but, by Jingo, if we do [etc.]. |