Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at leucadian.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Leucadian.

Examples

  • For let me have a single cup of that and I would turn madman, giving in exchange for it the flocks of every Cyclops and then throwing myself into the sea from the Leucadian rock, once I have been well drunk and smoothed out my wrinkled brow.

    The Cyclops 2008

  • For let me have a single cup of that and I would turn madman, giving in exchange for it the flocks of every Cyclops and then throwing myself into the sea from the Leucadian rock, once I have been well drunk and smoothed out my wrinkled brow.

    The Cyclops 2008

  • Leucadian ship far in advance of the rest was chasing the single

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Irritated by these causes of offence, the Corinthians were too happy to assist Epidamnus; accordingly they invited any one who was willing to settle there, and for the protection of the colonists despatched with them Ambracian and Leucadian troops and a force of their own.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Not long afterwards the remaining Corinthian with the Ambraciot and Leucadian ships9 sailed in, under the command of Erasinides the Corinthian, having eluded the

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Timocrates the Lacedaemonian54 was on board the Leucadian ship which went down near the merchant vessel; when he saw the ship sinking he killed himself; the body was carried into the harbour of Naupactus.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Athenian ship rowed just in time, struck the Leucadian amidships, and sank her.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Their Leucadian and Ambraciot kinsmen accompanied them; from Arcadia came mercenaries sent by Corinth; there were also Sicyonians who served under compulsion; 70 and of the peoples beyond the

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • The Corinthians were to man ten ships of their own, two Leucadian, and three Ambracian, and to follow.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • These were carried over the Leucadian isthmus,6 and, undiscovered by the Athenian ships, which were by this time at Zacynthus, reached Pylos, where their land forces had already assembled.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.