Definitions
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- noun A
native orinhabitant of ancientMysia . - proper noun An extinct unclassified
language , possibly belonging to theAnatolian subgroup ofIndo-European languages. - adjective Of, or relating to Mysia, or its people, language or culture.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But when, eager to reach the Mysian mainland, they passed along in sight of the mouth of Rhyndacus and the great cairn of Aegaeon, a little way from
The Argonautica 2008
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And he threatened to lay waste the Mysian land at once, should they not discover for him the doom of Hylas, whether living or dead.
The Argonautica 2008
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Mysian hills; and on the other side the stream of the river Aesepus and the city and Nepeian plain of Adrasteia.
The Argonautica 2008
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But the army meanwhile was quietly making its descent; and when it appeared that they had crept down far enough, the signal was given to the Mysian to flee as fast as he could, and he, springing up, fled with his men.
Anabasis 2007
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The Mysian, fleeing along the road, kept crying for assistance, which they sent him, and picked him up wounded.
Anabasis 2007
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Athens, Hermotimus was at Sardis, having gone down at that time, upon some business or other, to the Mysian territory which the
Satyricon 2007
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After this a Mysian came in with a light shield in either hand and danced, at one time going through a pantomime, as if he were dealing with two assailants at once; at another plying his shields as if to face a single foe, and then again he would whirl about and throw somersaults, keeping the shields in his hands, so that it was
Anabasis 2007
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How, he asks, can thoughts of general characteristics, that are shared equally by other things, “make me think of Theaetetus rather than of Theodorus, or of the most distant Mysian, as the saying goes?”
Intentionality in Ancient Philosophy Caston, Victor 2007
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Next day the Hellenes were bent on getting back with the provisions; but as they dreaded the descent to Trapezus, which was precipitous and narrow, they laid a false ambuscade, and a Mysian, called after the name of his nation (Mysus) 88, took ten of the Cretans and halted in some thick brushy ground, where he made a feint of endeavouring to escape the notice of the enemy.
Anabasis 2007
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“Musos (Mysus), a Mysian by birth, and Musos (Mysus) by name.”
Anabasis 2007
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