phylae

  • 1PHYLAE seu PHILAE — PHYLAE, seu PHILAE insula Aegypti parva, quam totam urbe ipsâ fere occupari tradit Aristides αὐτόπτης, ex adverso Syenes est, si Plinio fides habenda, cui tamen omnes Geographi contrariantur Strabo enim dicit a Syene curru iter sefecisse, Philas… …

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  • 2Phylae — Phyle Phy le, n.; pl. {Phyl[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a body of men united by ties of blood or habitation.] A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3phyle — phylic, adj. /fuy lee/, n., pl. phylae / lee/. (in ancient Greece) a tribe or clan, based on supposed kinship. [1860 65; < Gk phylé, akin to phylon PHYLON] * * * Any of several tribes that formed the largest political subgroups in all Dorian and&#8230; …

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  • 4phyle — noun (plural phylae) Etymology: Greek phylē tribe, phyle Date: 1863 the largest political subdivision among the ancient Athenians …

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  • 5Martin Persson Nilsson — Grabstelle in Lund Martin Persson Nilsson (* 12. Juli 1874 in Stoby, Kristianstads län, Schweden; † 7. April 1967[1] in Lund) war ein schwedischer klassischer P …

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  • 6Río Alfeo — Para otros usos de este término, véase Alfeo (mitología). Alfeo País que atraviesa …

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  • 7ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific&#8230; …

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  • 8phyle — [fī′lē] n. pl. phylae [fī′lē] [ModL &LT; Gr phylē, tribe, akin to phyein: see BE] the largest political subdivision in the ancient Athenian state …

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  • 9tribe — [trīb] n. [ME trybe &LT; L tribus, one of the three groups into which Romans were orig. divided, tribe &LT; tri (see TRI ) + IE * bhū &LT; base * bheu , to grow, flourish &GT; BE] 1. esp. among preliterate peoples, a group of persons, families,&#8230; …

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