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Xanthian, a. and n.|ˈzænθɪən|
Also 7 Zanthian.
[f. Xanthus (see def.) + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to (or an inhabitant of) Xanthus, an ancient town in Asia Minor; spec. of a collection of marbles discovered near it.
1685Cotton Montaigne i. xl. (1711) I. 363 The Zanthians, who being besieg'd..precipitated themselves..into such a furious Appetite of dying,..that Brutus had much ado to save but a very small number. 1697Dryden æneid i. 662 Ere yet the Food Of Troy they taste, or drink the Xanthian Flood. 1770Langhorne Plutarch IV. 244 (Alexander) A spring in Lycia near the city of the Xanthians. 1842C. Fellows (title) The Xanthian Marbles, their acquisition and transmission to England. |