Seleucid
pronunciation
How to pronounce Seleucid in British English:
UK [siˈlu:sid]
How to pronounce Seleucid in American English:
US [sɪˈlusɪd]
Word Origin
- Seleucid
- 1803, in reference to dynasty founded in Syria 312 B.C.E. by Seleucus Nicator, general of Alexander. It lasted until the Roman conquest 65 B.C.E. The Seleucidan Era, a local reckoning in the East (maintained by Syrian Christians) usually is dated to Sept. 1, 312 B.C.E.
Example
- 1. Rages is a seleucid town and hence an anachronism .
- 2. This seleucid ruler 's attempt to hellenize jews of his day met with stiff opposition .
- 3. Cut off from the seleucid rule by the parthian kingdom , bactria also became independent .
- 4. In the middle of the third century , a nomad chieftain founded the kingdom of parthia , situated between the seleucid and bactrian kingdoms .