Seleucid
See also: seleucid
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin Seleucides, from Ancient Greek Σελευκίδης (Seleukídēs), named after Seleucus I Nicator. Equivalent to Seleucus + -id.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Seleucid (not comparable)
- Relating to the Greek-Macedonian dynasty which ruled (312–63 BCE) an empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great.
- 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 10, column 1:
- The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish).
- 2021, Andrea M. Berlin, Paul J. Kosmin, The Middle Maccabees (page 151)
- An extraordinary material reflection of close Ptolemaic-Seleucid relations was the gift, in 190 BCE or shortly thereafter, of a Ptolemaic gold mnaeion, the largest regularly minted gold issue in the Greek world, conveyed by some high Ptolemaic official to a similarly situated Seleucid counterpart, […]
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[edit]relating to the dynasty
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Noun
[edit]Seleucid (plural Seleucids or Seleucides or Seleucidae)
- A member of this dynasty.
Translations
[edit]a member of this dynasty
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