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Locrian, a. and n.|ˈləʊkrɪən|
[f. L. Locri-s + -an.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to the Locri, a people of Greece, or to their country Locris. Locrian mode: an occasional appellation of one (not identified with certainty) of the ‘modes’ of ancient Greek music; in the Middle Ages applied arbitrarily to the 11th ecclesiastical mode.
b. n. One of the Locri; an inhabitant of Locris.
1598Chapman Iliad ii. 35 Aiax the lesse, Oileus Sonne, the Locrians led to warre. 1715Pope Iliad ii. 630 Fierce Ajax led the Locrian Squadrons on. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Locrian, in antient music, the seventh species of the diapason. 1835Thirlwall Greece I. 99 The Locrians claimed a higher antiquity than any other branch of the Greek nation. 1836J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. vi. (1852) 179 In the fact recorded of the Locrian legislator we find [etc.]. 1880Rockstro in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 158/1 Locrian Mode.
So † Loˈcrensian [f. L. Locrensis].
1547Becon Agst. Adultery iii, Homilies i. xi. (1859) 130 Among the Locrensians the adulterers had both their eyes thrust out. |