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Dacian, a. and n.|ˈdeɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
Also 8 Dacic.
[f. Dacia (see below) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Dacia, an ancient country of south-eastern Europe, or its people, or their language.
B. n.
1. A member of this people.
2. The language of this people.
a1666Evelyn Diary 26 Feb. an. 1645 (1955) II. 378 We came to the Forum Trajanum where his Culumna stands yet intire, wrough[t] with admirable Bass-relievo & comprehending the Dacian War. a1773A. Butler Moveable Feasts (1774) iii. 134 The most illustrious Roman Conquerors often took Names..from Countries which they had subdued..as the African,..the Germanic, Dacic, &c. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. i. 5 The Dacians, the most warlike of men, who dwelt beyond the Danube. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. cxli, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian Mother—he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday. 1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 281/2 Domitian celebrated his pretended exploits against the Dacians by assuming the title Dacicus. 1847Howitt's Jrnl. 12 June 325/2 A sentence or two will enable the reader to compare the modern Dacian with the ancient Roman. Ibid. 326/1 The adoption of the Cyrillian alphabet had the effect of carrying away..the association of Dacian words from their Latin sources. 1861Max Müller Lect. Sci. Lang. iv. 116 We possess fragments of Dacian speech in the botanical names collected by Dioskorides. 1877Encycl. Brit. VI. 758/2 He advanced to the Dacian capital. Ibid., The Dacians come forward as one of the most powerful enemies of Rome. 1948Oxf. Jun. Encycl. I. 413/1 Later began a series of invasions by Goths, Tartars, Huns and Magyars.., all of whom left their mark on the Dacian people. 1959Chambers's Encycl. XII. 51/2 The remote ancestors of the Rumanians were the Dacians who inhabited lands north and south of the Lower Danube. |