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[ uh-thee-nee-uhn ] / əˈθi ni ən /
adjectivepertaining to Athens, Greece. nouna native or citizen of Athens, Greece. Origin of Athenian1580–90; <Latin Athēni(ēnsis) of Athens + -an; see -ensis OTHER WORDS FROM Athenianpro-A·the·ni·an, adjective, nounWords nearby AthenianAthena, athenaeum, Athenaeus, Athenaeus of Attaleia, Athenagoras I, Athenian, Athénienne, Athens, atheoretical, atherectomy, atherine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for AthenianAthenian sports paper Sport Day topped their front page with “Bankrupt Them” on Friday morning. Soccer Diplomacy: Merkel, Greece Near Critical Final Round on Debt|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST The 28-year-old Athenian sex worker is feeling the effects of austerity in a different way than most are. Prostitutes Are Scapegoated as HIV Panic Grips Athens|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST In his own estimate, the most honorable trait of his character was that "no Athenian through his means had ever put on mourning." Greek Sculpture|Estelle M. Hurll Leave being granted, the Athenian orator entered on his subject by sketching the course of events for the last sixty years. Stories from Thucydides|H. L. Havell
Dionysius, the Areopagite, was an Athenian by birth, and educated in all the useful and ornamental literature of Greece. Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe After the Syracusan disaster all the Athenian army was taken captive. History Of Ancient Civilization|Charles Seignobos He was the son of an Athenian sword merchant, who died when he was but seven years old. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History|Charlotte M. Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for Athenian
nouna native or inhabitant of Athens Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |