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Thracian, n. and a.|ˈθreɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. L. Thrācius, Thrācus, a. Gr. θρᾴκιος, f. θρᾴκη Thrace: see -an, -ian.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Thrace, in antiquity a region to the N.E. of Macedonia, and now comprising European Turkey, southern Bulgaria, and the region of Thrace in N.E. Greece.
1569T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus' Hist. Successors Alexander 105 Aboute two thousand Mercenarie Grekes, and so many Thracians. 1618E. Bolton tr. Lucius Julius Florus' Roman Hist. (1636) 176 The Sordiscans were of all the Thracians the most savage. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 854/1 In the earliest times of history Bœotia was inhabited by various tribes, such as the Aonians, Temmicians, Thracians, [etc.]. 1949Oxf. Classical Dict. 901/2 The Thracians were not without a native culture. 1976Daily Tel. 31 Aug. 6 A major archaeological discovery..has been made in Bulgaria. Knowledge of the Thracians is advanced substantially. 1982K. Follett Man from St. Petersburg ix. 178 ‘I wonder how the Thracians would feel about all this.’ ‘They would rather belong to Russia than Turkey.’
b. The language of the ancient Thracians, an Indo-European language thought to be related to Phrygian or Illyrian.
1879Academy XV. 99/1 It is still doubted by..philologists whether Albanian should be classed as an Aryan language... However.., I am quite willing to allow that it is..a descendant of the ancient Illyrian or Thracian, and I will not quarrel with anyone who wishes to call the latter Pelasgian. 1933C. D. Buck Compar. Gram. Gk. & Lat. 14 Thracian is known from proper names and glosses, and there is one obscure inscription believed to be Thracian. 1962A. J. Beattie in Wace & Stubbings Compan. to Homer x. 312 From the Hellespont to Chalcidice most of the inhabitants spoke Thracian. 1972W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-Europ. Lang. 172 At the time of its greatest known extent, in antiquity, Thracian was spoken throughout the eastern half of the Balkan Peninsula and stretched northwards into the Central European Plain.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Thrace.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 138 The selfe same Gods that arm'd the Queene of Troy With opportunitie of sharpe reuenge Vpon the Thracian Tyrant in his Tent. 1594Kyd Cornelia iii. ii. 49 Stoute Thracian Mars. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 34 The Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope. 1697Dryden æneis vi. 877 The Thracian bard..There stands conspicuous in his flowing vest. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. II. xxvi. 593 Orders were immediately dispatched to the civil and military governors of the Thracian diocese. a1822Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 343 And when the Thracian wind pours down the snow, I wrap my body in the skins of beasts. 1848Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1847 266 The second family is the Thracian or Illyrian, once spread on the Dnieper, the Hellespont, and in Asia Minor. 1920Glasgow Herald 12 May 9 Several of the Thracian harbours now under Greek sovereignty..are to be free. Ibid. 27 July 7 To-day at dawn the Thracian Army launched its offensive. 1949Oxf. Classical Dict. 901/2 Greek recruiting officers (especially in the fourth century) enlisted Thracian ‘peltasto’ or light-armed fighters. 1977Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXV. 485/1 The nearest parallels which we can refer to are two helmets of the so-called ‘Thracian’ type. |