Scythian
['sɪθɪən]
Definition
(noun.) the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians.
(noun.) a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia.
(adj.) of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language .
Checked by Lanny--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe.
(n.) The language of the Scythians.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to an ancient nomadic race in the northern parts of Asia.—n. one belonging to this race.—adj. Scyth′ic.
Edited by Ian
Examples
- Crassus found himself against the Scythian again; against mobile tribes of horsemen led by a monarch in Median costume. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Parthians of the first century B.C. probably mingled Scythian and Mongolian elements. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Scythian allies of Assyria drop out of the story after this. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They crossed the Danube, and prepared to give battle to the Scythian army and take the cities of the Scythians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No doubt they assimilated much Scythian population as they spread down to the Black Sea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If Darius escaped they could be on his side; if he was destroyed, there was nothing of which the Scythians could complain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Would the Scythians go back and destroy the Persians to make sure of them while the Greeks on their part destroyed the bridge? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were, perhaps, not so far advanced along the nomadic line as the Scythians of the great plains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some Scythians have been and have gone again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Crassus was less quick than Darius to realize the need of withdrawal, and the Parthians were better bowmen than the Scythians Darius met. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In accordance with the suggestions of Histi?us the Scythians rode off in search of the Persians, and so left the Greeks safe in either event. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the Scythians had no cities, and they evaded a battle, and the war degenerated into a tedious and hopeless pursuit of more mobile enemies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It would seem there had been a discussion between the Scythians and the Greeks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From the east the Scythians and the Parthians and Bactrians also drove southward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Indeed, even as they parleyed the Greeks set to work to demolish the end that linked them to the Scythians as quickly as possible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Aryan Scythians are for the Semitic Assyrians; the Aryan Medes for the Semitic Babylonians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They crossed the Danube, and prepared to give battle to the Scythian army and take the cities of the Scythians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A fourth people, related to these Aryan tribes, who appear at this time in the narrative of Herodotus, are the Scythians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The judgment of Thucydides, that both Europe and Asia could not resist the Scythians united, has been verified by the experience of all ages. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Wilma