单词 | siceliot |
释义 | Siceliotn.adj. A. n. One of the ancient Greeks who colonized Sicily, distinguished from the Sicels who had settled in Sicily before their coming. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Italy > [noun] > ancient Greek people Italy Italiot1660 Siceliot1836 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xxii. 263 [They were] linked together by the common name of Siceliots. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 407/1 The intimate knowledge which he [sc. Thucydides] shows respecting the history of the Italiotes and Siceliots. B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Siceliots. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Italy > [adjective] > ancient Greek people Italy Siceliot1887 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 16/1 The ancient kingship was perhaps kept on or renewed in some of the Sikeliot and Italiot towns. 1892 Athenæum 7 May 597/3 In Syracuse then lay the last hopes of rescue for the Siceliot Greeks. 1931 D. Maciver Greek Cities in Italy & Sicily xii. 172 Gela was chosen for the Pan-Sikeliot conference of Greek Cities in 424 B.C. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1836 |
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