Chaldaean

'I know of a Babylonian,' he said, 'what they call a Chaldaean; I will go and fetch him at once, and he will put the man right.'

Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895

Still, as Berosus, who cannot easily have been ignorant of the ancient appellation of his race, applies the term Chaldaean to the primitive people, and as Scripture assigns Ur to the Chaldees as early as the time of Abraham, we are entitled to assume that this term, whenever it came historically into use, is in fact no unfit designation for the early inhabitants of the country.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

Arabian overflow which is distinguished as the Aramaean, and from yet another following it, which is usually called Chaldaean; and it was not till almost the close of the twelfth century that one of these intruding elements attained sufficient independence and security of tenure to begin to exalt Babylonia again into a mistress of foreign empire.

The Ancient East 1894

And I tell you, great and wise father-in-law, that the Chaldaean is a true seer, never wrong.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

The chief of these are the continuing influence of the earlier type of Platonism described in the first part of this article, and the influ - ence of some very odd writings called the Chaldaean

NEO-PLATONISM A. HILARY ARMSTRONG 1968

It is, however, curious that the bag-pipe was known in Italy and Spain during the middle ages, the two countries through which Eastern culture was introduced into Europe, by the name of _zampogna_ or _sampogna_, which strongly recall the Chaldaean _sump [= o] ny [= a] _; and further that in the same countries the word _sinfonia_ should be coexistent with _zampogna_ and have the original meaning attached to the classical

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

When he attacked Chaldaean stargazers as ignorant and superstitious, part of what he found credulous was their obsession with mathematics.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Copenhaver, Brian 2008

In his attempts to advance philosophical learning he was often attacked concerning his theological orthodoxy, with the result that he often had to be careful to distance himself from heretical doctrines, e.g., in his writings on the Chaldaean Oracles.

Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

Here he found the Persians keeping guard in perfect order, but the Chaldaean quarters were deserted, for the men had rushed down to pillage the town.

Cyropaedia 2007

From the top of the pass Cyrus and his staff looked down and saw below them the Chaldaean villages with fugitives pouring from the nearest houses.

Cyropaedia 2007