ItaliotItalioten.adj.
/ᵻˈtalɪɒt//ᵻˈtalɪət//ᵻˈtalɪəʊt/ A. n.
A person of Greek descent dwelling in ancient Italy; an inhabitant of Magna Græcia.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Italy > [noun] > ancient Greek people Italy
Italiot1660
Siceliot1836
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 22 A Councell being called, and it being put to the Question, Whether they should deliver up the Italiotes to the Sybarites, or undergo a War with an Enemy more powerfull then themselves?
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Greek colonies in southern Italy or Magna Græcia.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] > Greek colonies
Italiot1841
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 117 Several illustrious names in Grecian poetry and science belong by birth to the Italiot settlements.
1892 Athenæum 6 Aug. 187/1 The concluding chapters..give a pretty full account of the literary side of Sicilian and Italiot history.
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