Phrygian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Phrygian in British English:
UK [ˈfridʒiən]
How to pronounce Phrygian in American English:
US [ˈfrɪdʒiən]
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- Noun:
- a native or inhabitant of Phrygia
- a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions
Word Origin
- Phrygian
- late 15c., "native of Phrygia," region in ancient Asia Minor; Phrygian mode in ancient Greek music theory was held to be "of a warlike character." Phrygian cap (1796) was the type adopted by freed slaves in Roman times, and subsequently identified as the cap of Liberty.
Example
- 1. The phrygian headgear of french revolution fame might be one influence .
- 2. Midas is a legendary phrygian king , dionysus gave him a point of strength of materials into gold .
- 3. Greek dorian mode ( modern phrygian mode ) in the most traditional songs .
- 4. A city of southwest-central turkey south of ankara . Built on the site of an ancient phrygian city , konya was a powerful seljuk sultanate from the 11th to the 13th century . Population , 329139 .
- 5. But he left governors to harass the nation : at jerusalem , philip , a phrygian by birth , and in character more cruel than the man who appointed him .