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Sinopic, a.|sɪˈnɒpɪk|
[ad. L. Sinōpic-us, a. Gr. σινωπικ-ός, f. σινώπη, a Greek colony in Paphlagonia.]
Obtained from Sinope or its neighbourhood.
1748J. Hill Hist. Fossils 61 Theophrastus expressly says, that it was a Cappadocian Earth, tho' call'd Sinopic. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., Sinopis,..the Sinopic ochre, commonly called rubrica Sinopica. 1868Dana Min. 477 The sinopic earth of the ancients was brought from Cappadocia, and used as a red paint.
So siˈnopical. rare—0.
1656Blount Glossogr., Sinopical,..of or belonging to that Stone. |