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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the island of Euboea.
  • noun An inhabitant of Euboea in central Greece.

Etymologies

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Euboea +‎ -an

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Examples

  • At least concerning medial positions, Bailey notes in Essays on time-based linguistic analysis (1996), p. 302, fn.4 (see link): "The [tšː] that one might expect in Attic comes from *tw (τϝ) as well as from *ky [cy]; this is found in Attic, Boeotian, Cretan, and some Euboean lects, while other lects (especially Ionic and Doric) had already moved on to σσ [šː]."

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  • At least concerning medial positions, Bailey notes in Essays on time-based linguistic analysis (1996), p. 302, fn.4 (see link): "The [tšː] that one might expect in Attic comes from *tw (τϝ) as well as from *ky [cy]; this is found in Attic, Boeotian, Cretan, and some Euboean lects, while other lects (especially Ionic and Doric) had already moved on to σσ [šː]."

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  • Euboean exiles and others of the same party, set upon them at

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Boeotian exiles from Orchomenus, with some Locrians and Euboean exiles, and others who were of the same way of thinking, were defeated in battle, and some killed, others taken captive.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Then again, it seems that Carystus had skimped, compared to Paros, which paid Themistocles enough to deter an attack, so the Euboean city bears some blame for its misery.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Having seen the signal, the fleet withdrew southward into the Euboean channel, all the way to the city of Chalcis.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Then again, it seems that Carystus had skimped, compared to Paros, which paid Themistocles enough to deter an attack, so the Euboean city bears some blame for its misery.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Having seen the signal, the fleet withdrew southward into the Euboean channel, all the way to the city of Chalcis.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • The huge side of the Euboean rock is hewn into a cavern, whither lead a hundred wide mouths, a hundred gateways, whence rush as many voices, the answers of the Sibyl.

    Selections from the _Aeneid_ 2002

  • Agis at Decelea agrees to support a Euboean uprising but delays action because …

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

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