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Lycian

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Ly·ci·an  (lsh-n, lshn)
adj.
Of or relating to Lycia or its people, language, or culture.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Lycia.
2. A language of the extinct Anatolian branch of Indo-European, found in inscriptions down to the beginning of the third century b.c. in southwest Turkey.

Lycian [ˈlɪsɪən]
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) (Social Science / Peoples) (Placename) of or relating to ancient Lycia, its inhabitants, or their language
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) an inhabitant of Lycia
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the extinct language of the Lycians, belonging to the Anatolian group or family
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Lycian - an Anatolian language
Anatolian, Anatolian language - an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European


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In the Lycian confederacy, which consisted of twenty-three CITIES or republics, the largest were entitled to THREE votes in the COMMON COUNCIL, those of the middle class to TWO, and the smallest to ONE.
The Lycian Confederacy, as far as its principles and form are transmitted, must have borne a still greater analogy to it.
For they say, that when Lycurgus ceased to be guardian to King Charilles he went abroad and spent a long time with his relations in Crete, for the Lycians are a colony of the Lacedaemonians; and those who first settled there adopted that body of laws which they found already established by the inhabitants; in like manner also those who now live near them have the very laws which Minos first drew up.
 
 
 
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