Lelantineadj.

/lɪˈlantʌɪn/

Etymology: < Latin (flumen ) Lelantum a river in this region, mentioned by Pliny ( Hist. World iv. 64), < Greek Λήλαντον πεδίον the name of this plain + -ine suffix¹.

Pertaining to or designating a coastal plain in Euboea mentioned by Herodotus; spec. designating the war between the ancient cities of Chalcis and Eretria in the late 8th cent. b.c., fought mainly over the possession of the plain.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [adjective] > other specific war

Pharsalian1605

Crimean1679

Lelantine1900

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near coast > [adjective] > specific

Lelantine1900

1900 J. B. Bury Hist. Greece iii. 151 An exhausting war for the Lelantine plain.

1913 H. R. Hall Anc. Hist. Near East xi. 532 The Lelantine War..ended disastrously for Eretria.

1934 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. II. ii. 42 The Chalcidian farmers..sailing out into the Aegean..took to the land again wherever they found another Lelantine Plain awaiting the Chalcidian plough.

1945 A. W. Gomme Hist. Commentary Thucydides I. 126 The Lelantine war was primarily a land war between neighbours, though the fact that the allies on either side were mostly sea-powers suggests that it was a phase in a commercial and colonial struggle.

1968 V. Ehrenberg From Solon to Socrates i. 15 We hear of a number of such disputes..; the most famous was the Lelantine war between Chalcis and Eretria in Euboea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	lelantine
释义	Lelantineadj. /lɪˈlantʌɪn/ Etymology: < Latin (flumen ) Lelantum a river in this region, mentioned by Pliny ( Hist. World iv. 64), < Greek Λήλαντον πεδίον the name of this plain + -ine suffix¹. Pertaining to or designating a coastal plain in Euboea mentioned by Herodotus; spec. designating the war between the ancient cities of Chalcis and Eretria in the late 8th cent. b.c., fought mainly over the possession of the plain. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [adjective] > other specific war Pharsalian1605 Crimean1679 Lelantine1900 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near coast > [adjective] > specific Lelantine1900 1900 J. B. Bury Hist. Greece iii. 151 An exhausting war for the Lelantine plain. 1913 H. R. Hall Anc. Hist. Near East xi. 532 The Lelantine War..ended disastrously for Eretria. 1934 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. II. ii. 42 The Chalcidian farmers..sailing out into the Aegean..took to the land again wherever they found another Lelantine Plain awaiting the Chalcidian plough. 1945 A. W. Gomme Hist. Commentary Thucydides I. 126 The Lelantine war was primarily a land war between neighbours, though the fact that the allies on either side were mostly sea-powers suggests that it was a phase in a commercial and colonial struggle. 1968 V. Ehrenberg From Solon to Socrates i. 15 We hear of a number of such disputes..; the most famous was the Lelantine war between Chalcis and Eretria in Euboea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1900
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