Megarian

Anglais

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Étymologie

Dérivé de Megara, avec le suffixe -ian.

Adjectif

Megarian \Prononciation ?\

1. Relatif à la ville de Mégare ou aux Mégariens.
   • The Corinthian was as follows: on the right wing lay the Megarian and Ambraciot ships, in the centre the rest of the allies in order. But the left was composed of the best sailers in the Corinthian navy, to encounter the Athenians and the right wing of the Corcyraeans. — (Thucydide, History of the Peloponnesian War, traduit par Richard Crawley, Livre I, ch. 48.)
   • Turning to Ancient dialects proper, Horrock describes the diachronic relationship between various Ancient Greek dialects. Beginning with what he calls “Common Greek”, from which both West and East Greek derive. The western Greek family then divides into the Poleponesean Doric dialects and the North West Greek dialect. These then produce Megarian and Phocean dialects respectively. — (Brandon S. Todd, History of the Greek Language: A Comparison of Grammars, 19 mai 2019, p. 3.)

Nom commun

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Megarian \Prononciation ?\

1. (Géographie) Habitant de Mégare.
   • This was soon afterwards followed by the revolt of Euboea from Athens. Pericles had already crossed over with an army of Athenians to the island, when news was brought to him that Megara had revolted, that the Peloponnesians were on the point of invading Attica, and that the Athenian garrison had been cut off by the Megarians, with the exception of a few who had taken refuge in Nisaea. The Megarians had introduced the Corinthians, Sicyonians, and Epidaurians into the town before they revolted. — (Thucydide, History of the Peloponnesian War, traduit par Richard Crawley, Livre I, ch. 114.)
2. (Linguistique) Dialecte mégarien.