Scythian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Scythian in British English:
UK [ˈsiðiən]
How to pronounce Scythian in American English:
US [ˈsɪθiən, ˈsɪð-]
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- Noun:
- a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
- the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language
Word Origin
- Scythian (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin Scythia, from Greek Skythia, name anciently given to the region along the north coast of the Black Sea, from Skythes "a Scythian," said to be from an Indo-European root meaning "shepherd" [Room]. As an adjective from 1560s. Herodotus is responsible for Scythian disease or Scythian insanity.
Example
- 1. Fixed bug for early and late thracian and scythian generals .
- 2. If we prove hungarian not scythian heathen in the abstract , I believe that more people will join us , to find the evidence that hungarian was honian .
- 3. Together , his mercenary force and their scythian allies have defeated a mighty macedonian army at the ford of the river god , and his adopted city of olbia is now free once more .
- 4. Francfort is head of a french archaeological team in central asia that played an important part in excavating the kurgans , or frozen tombs , of nomadic scythian tribes in siberia 's altai mountains .