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Lycian, n. and a.|ˈlɪsɪən|
[f. L. Lycia, Gr. λυκία Lycia + -an.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia in south-west Asia Minor.
b. The language and script used in Lycia.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to ancient Lycia, its inhabitants, or the language and script used by them.
1598Chapman tr. Homer's Seaven Bookes of Iliades 45 Sarpedon had the Lycians charge. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 115 These beasts are..plentifull..in Lycia:..the Lycian Roes doe neuer goe ouer the Syrian Mountaines. 1718Pope tr. Homer's Iliad xvi. 570 Two sounding Darts the Lycian Leader threw. 1839C. Fellows Jrnl. Excursion Asia Minor viii. 229 On the side of the tomb..under two lines of the peculiar characters of this town, (perhaps Lycian,) is a group of figures. 1841― Acct. Discoveries Lycia vii. 168 The tedious, but..useful occupation, of copying the Lycian inscription. 1845[see bilingual a. 2]. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 92/2 It [sc. Lycia] was..inhabited from a very early period by a distinct people, known to the Greeks as Lycians. Ibid. 94/1 A few of these inscriptions are fortunately bilingual, in Greek and Lycian. 1913H. R. Hall Anc. Hist. Near East vi. 270 There is a reference to Lycian pirates in another letter. 1933[see Carian n. and a.]. 1941[see Ilian a. (n.)]. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet 464 The Lycian alphabet..is certainly of Greek origin. 1951J. B. Bury Hist. Greece (ed. 3) viii. 337 Cimon..constrained the Lycian communities to enrol themselves in the confederacy of Delos. 1972R. Meiggs Athenian Empire xvii. 307 The Lycians also had ceased to bring their tribute. Ibid., The Carian and Lycian coasts were being used by pirates. 1973Times 1 Oct. 17/6 Lycian is an Indo-European language and belongs to the Luwian sub-group of Anatolian. Ibid., It would be important to know in which of the two Lycian dialects the inscription is written. |