Solonianadj.
/səˈləʊnɪən/ Of, relating to, or connected with Solon.
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society > law > legislation > legislator > [adjective] > to specific legislator
Solonian1843
Lycurgan1846
Sullan1866
1843 Grote in Class. Mus. I. 8 The mina as weight..was required to weigh 138 Solonian standard drachmæ.
1843 Grote in Class. Mus. I. 8 The Solonian standard.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiv. 379 About the time of the Solonian legislation at Athens.
1885 G. W. Cox Lives Greek Statesmen 27 (margin) Solonian law against neutrality in times of sedition.
1896 A. H. J. Greenidge Handbk. Greek Constit. Hist. vi. 151 The permanence of these Solonian property-classes is remarkable.
Derivatives
Soˈlonic adj. Solon-like; Solonian.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [adjective]
sage1531
saged1563
sagey1747
Solonic1796
sagely1867
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [adjective] > relating to other specific rulers
Romulian1607
Ptolemean1614
Ptolemaic1718
Solomonic1722
Solonic1796
Ptolemaian1905
1796 Mod. Gulliver's Trav. 102 Instead of any Solonic observations, I wrote the following address.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 488/2 The system [of weights]..called Attic or Solonic.
ˈSolonist n. a wiseacre.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [noun]
owl1568
tire-brain1589
wiseacre1595
Solonist1607
formalist1612
nodder1625
Solon1631
wiseling1633
self-wiseling1649
sophy1649
Solomon1656
conjurer1668
wisdomship1692
sage1751
wisehead1756
wisebones1894
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 126 Like pumpion headed Solonists they looke.
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