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Scythic, a.|ˈsɪθɪk|
[ad. L. Scythicus, a. Gr. σκυθικός, f. σκύθ-ης Scyth.]
Scythian.
1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. Pref. 5 But we shall hence, some to the thirsty Moore, To swift Oront of Creet, to Scythicke shore. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1638) 20 The Arimaspi..not seldome from their Scythic holes attempting the conquest of Mammon inclos'd in the Rhyphean hills. 1802Pinkerton Mod. Geog., Turkey in Asia II. 15 The original population of these regions consisted chiefly of Scythic nations. 1871P. Smith Anc. Hist. East xxiii. §12 (1881) 473 note, The Scythic element in the population of Western Asia. |