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Massiliot, n. and a.|mæˈsɪlɪət|
Also Massaliot, Massaliote, Massilian.
[f. L. Massilia, Gr. Μασσαλία Massalia.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Massalia (or Massilia, mod. Marseilles), a Greek colony founded c 600 b.c. to the east of the mouth of the Rhône on the Mediterranean coast of southern France.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Massalia or its inhabitants.
1601P. Holland tr. Pliny's Nat. Hist. iii. iv. 55 Townes in the other parts..namely, Agatha, in times past belonging to the Massilians. 1856Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xcviii. 614 In an age when piracy was common, the Massaliot ships and seamen were effective in attack and defence. Ibid. 615 Except the Phenicians and Carthaginians, these Massaliots were the only enterprising mariners in the Western Mediterranean. 1873G. W. Kitchin Hist. France to 1453 i. ii. 23 The whole seaboard from Var to Rhone was given to the Massiliots. 1898A. Hassal Jervis's Hist. France (rev. ed.) i. 7 Pompey was beaten, and Cæsar's hand fell heavily on the Massiliots. 1932Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 617/2 The voyage of the Massilian Pytheas. 1945Proc. Prehist. Soc. XI. 56 Massilian coins have been obtained from the archaeological strata. 1949Oxf. Classical Dict. 543/2 Massiliot seamen played an important part in the Second Punic War. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIV. 965/1 The Massaliots made their way by prudence and by vigilant administration of their oligarchical government. Ibid., In the 4th century b.c. the Massaliot Pytheas visited the coasts of Gaul. 1963Cary & Warmington Anc. Explorers (rev. ed.) ii. 36 Syracusan and Massilian traders could join hands in the ports of Rome. 1964J. Boardman Greeks Overseas v. 227 In the sixth century the Marseilles route is vouched for by the Massaliot and Phocaean pottery found at Mt Lassois. 1970Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 2) 654/1 Massaliote ships helped Rome in the Second Punic War. |