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Calendar year
Year 405 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Barbatus, Capitolinus, Cincinnatus,
405_BC
Period of Sicilian history
of Syracuse. Thus ended the brief period of democracy. The period from 405 BC right up to the conquest by Rome would be marked by the rulers of Syracuse
History_of_Greek_Sicily
Amanineteyerike, King (431–405 BC) Baskakeren, King (405–404 BC) Harsiotef, King (404–369 BC) China: Spring and Autumn period (771–c.453 BC) Zhou, China: Eastern
List of state leaders in the 5th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_5th_century_BC
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Archelaus I of Macedon. It premiered posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 BC as part of a tetralogy that also included Iphigeneia at Aulis and Alcmaeon
The_Bacchae
5th-century BC Athenian tragic playwright
Σοφοκλῆς, pronounced [so.pʰo.klɛ̂ːs], Sophoklễs; c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays
Sophocles
War between Athens and Sparta (431–404 BC)
Athens's naval superiority. Sparta won the decisive battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, which broke the power of the Delian League. Athens fell the following year
Peloponnesian_War
Siege during Second Sicilian War
siege of Motya took place in summer 398 BC in western Sicily. Dionysius, after securing peace with Carthage in 405 BC, had steadily increased his military
Siege_of_Motya
Naval battle in the Peloponnesian War
Μάχη στους Αιγός Ποταμούς) was a naval confrontation that took place in 405 BC and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, a
Battle_of_Aegospotami
5th-century BC battle in Sicily
The Battle of Gela took place in the summer of 405 BC in Sicily. The Carthaginian army under Himilco (a member of the Magonid family and kinsman of Hannibal
Battle_of_Gela_(405_BC)
Spartan military and political leader (died 395 BC)
Peloponnesian Wars. He destroyed the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, forcing Athens to capitulate and bringing the Peloponnesian Wars to an
Lysander
This is a list of notable people who have died by choking. 405 BC: Sophocles (aged 91): Diodorus Siculus claims Sophocles choked on a grape seed in a cup
List_of_choking_deaths
Comedy by Aristophanes
performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC and received first place. The play features the comical katabasis of the
The_Frogs
(~511 BC): The Fall of Miletus (c. 511 BC) Phoenissae (c. 476 BC) Danaides Actaeon Huzaifus Alcestis Tantalus Achaeus of Eretria (484-c. 405 BC) Adrastus
List of ancient Greek playwrights
List_of_ancient_Greek_playwrights
5th century BC Greek logographer
Mutilēnaîos; c. 490 – c. 405 BC), was an ancient Greek logographer who flourished during the latter half of the 5th century BC. Hellanicus was born in
Hellanicus_of_Lesbos
One hundred years, from 500 BC to 401 BC
The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. This century saw the establishment of Pataliputra as a capital of
5th_century_BC
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. At peak, its territorial extent was roughly 5.5 million square kilometres
Achaemenid_Empire
Greek mythological character
BC) Pindar Olympian Odes, IX (476 BC) Aeschylus Myrmidons, F135-36 (495 BC) Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis, (405 BC); Plato Symposium, 179e (388-367 BC)
Patroclus
Ancient Iranian tribe
began around 405 BC, near the end of Darius II's rule (r. 423 – 404 BC), and lasted until the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger. Around 380 BC, king Artaxerxes
Cadusii
Thesmophoriazusae (411 BC) The Frogs (405 BC) Ecclesiazusae (392 BC) Wealth (388 BC) Dyskolos (316 BC) Samia (309 BC) Extensive fragments exist for another
List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays
List_of_extant_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_plays
Personification of victory in Greek mythology
on Panathenaic prize amphorae. On a tetradrachm from Camarina (c. 430/20-405 BC), a diminutive Nike crowns the charioteer Athena with a wreath. A small
Nike_(mythology)
Dynamic list of ancient Greek rulers over Syracuse
(465-405). The extent to which Syracuse was a democracy in the same sense as Athens during this period is debated. Dionysius the Elder (405 BC–367 BC) Dionysius
List_of_tyrants_of_Syracuse
Round, stylized flower design
490 BC, limestone, in situ, Persepolis, Iran Ancient Greek rosettes around a door of the Erechtheion, Athens, Greece, unknown architect, 421-405 BC Ancient
Rosette_(design)
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
Athens was in 408 BC. The Bacchae and Iphigenia in Aulis were performed in 405 BC, and first prize was awarded posthumously. He won first prize only five
Euripides
Genre of ancient Greek literature
colonies of Magna Graecia by the late 4th century BC. The philosopher Aristotle wrote in his Poetics (c. 335 BC) that comedy is a representation of laughable
Ancient_Greek_comedy
Navigational template showing Odrysian kings
Seuthēs) was a ruler in the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace, attested from 405 to 387 BC. While he looms large in the historical narrative thanks to his close
Seuthes_II
King of the Achaemenid Empire from 405/4 to 359/8 BC
Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 405/4 BC to 359/8 BC. He was the son and successor of Darius II (r. 423 – 405/4 BC) and his mother was Parysatis. Soon
Artaxerxes_II
416 BC event of the Peloponnesian War
slavery. They then settled 500 of their own colonists on the island. In 405 BC, by which time Athens was losing the war, the Spartan general Lysander expelled
Siege_of_Melos
Carthaginian sack of Sicilian city of Camarina (405 BC)
The siege and subsequent sacking of Camarina took place in 405 BC during the Sicilian Wars. The conflict began as a response to the offensive activities
Sack_of_Camarina
Roman cults of the wine god and seer Bacchus
Euripides's The Bacchae, which won the Athenian Dionysia competition in 405 BC. The Bacchanalia may have had mystery elements and public elements; religious
Bacchanalia
Female monsters in Greek mythology
ugliness was such that the Athenian comic playwright Aristophones could, in 405 BC, ridicule the women of the Athenian deme Teithras by referring to them as
Gorgons
Athenian politician (died 405 BC)
Cleophon (Greek: Kλεoφῶν, Kleophōn; died 405 BC) was an Athenian politician and demagogue, who was very influential during the Peloponnesian War. He was
Cleophon_(politician)
Iron Age bog body from Denmark
The Tollund Man (died 405–384 BC) is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 5th century BC, during the period characterised in Scandinavia
Tollund_Man
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
decisively defeated at Aegospotami (405 BC). The loss of her fleet threatened Athens with bankruptcy. In 404 BC Athens sued for peace, and Sparta dictated
Classical_Greece
Load-bearing pillar in the figure of a female, Ancient Greece and later
Ancient Greek caryatids of the Erechtheion, Greece, unknown architect, 421–405 BC Ten female caryatids carved in high relief on the walls of the central chamber
Caryatid
Ruler of State of Qi from 455 to 405 BC
Lü Ji, was from 455 BC to 405 BC the monarch of the Qi state. Duke Xuan succeeded his father, Duke Ping of Qi, who died in 456 BC after 25 years of reign
Duke_Xuan_of_Qi
Minor deity in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries
the Athenian sculptor Praxiteles. A passage from Aristophanes' The Frogs (405 BC) suggests it wore a crown of myrtle. According to Pausanias, the statue
Iacchus
Navigational template showing Odrysian kings
the Odrysae in the late 5th to early 4th century BC (attested from before 405 BC to after 390/389 BC). On the basis of circumstantial evidence, Medocus/Amadocus
Amadocus_I
Small, flat and usually round piece of material used as money
550–530/20 BC. Coin of Lycia, c. 520–470/60 BC. Lycia coin, c. 520-470 BC. Struck with worn obverse die. Coin of Lesbos, Ionia, c. 510–80 BC. The Classical
Coin
Navigational template showing Odrysian kings
appears to have died after 411 BC, as Thucydides' history does not record his death or the appearance of his successor. In 405 BC the exiled Athenian commander
Seuthes_I
Festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens
415 BC - Xenocles 409 BC - Sophocles (Philoctetes) 405 BC - Euripides (The Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, Alcmaeon in Corinth) 401 BC - Sophocles (Oedipus
Dionysia
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
transferred in its opisthodomos. The temple may have been burnt down during 406/405 BC as Xenophon mentions that the old temple of Athena was set afire. Pausanias
Acropolis_of_Athens
Akragas (406 BC) – Sicilian Wars Siege of Samos (405 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Athens (405–404 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Motya (398 BC) – Sicilian
List_of_sieges
carriers. For lifting operations, ancient cranes were employed since ca. 515 BC, such as in the construction of Trajan's Column. It should be stressed that
List of ancient Greek and Roman monoliths
List_of_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_monoliths
Decorative technique
Erechtheion, Athens, Greece, unknown architect, 421–405 BC Ancient Greek guilloché on a gorytos, 400-336 BC, silver and gold, Museum of the Royal Tombs of
Guilloché
Multi-headed dog in Greek mythology
(5th century BC) also mentions Heracles bringing Cerberus up from the underworld, with no further details. Sophocles (c. 495 – c. 405 BC), in his Women
Cerberus
Ancient Greek mythological ruler of the Myrmidons and judge of the dead
deity of their island and celebrated the Aeacea in his honor. In The Frogs (405 BC) by Aristophanes, Dionysus descends to Hades and proclaims himself to be
Aeacus
King of the Achaemenid Empire from 336 to 330 BC)
Ostanes, whose father Darius II ruled the Achaemenid Empire from 424 BC to 405 BC. His mother was Sisygambis, a woman of obscure origins. She was probably
Darius_III
Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
c. 411 BC The Frogs (Βάτραχοι Batrakhoi; Latin: Ranae), 405 BC Ecclesiazusae or The Assemblywomen; (Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι Ekklesiazousai), c. 392 BC Wealth (Πλοῦτος
Aristophanes
Virtual reality adventure game
Ezio ultimately kills Seraphina and reclaims his stolen belongings. In 405 BC, Kassandra travels to Delos to aid the Spartan army by assassinating two
Assassin's_Creed_Nexus_VR
Decade
495 BC) 405 BC Philolaus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. 480 BC) 404 BC Alcibiades, Athenian statesman (b. c. 450 BC) Cleophon
400s_BC_(decade)
Order of classical architecture
architect, 421-405 BC Ancient Near Eastern Ionic columns of a rock-cut tomb at Qyzqapan, Iraq, unknown architect, 5th-4th centuries BC Roman Ionic corner
Ionic_order
(c. 300 BC)[b][c][d] Philodemus of Gadara, (1st century BC)[d][e]* Philolaus of Croton, (c. 480-c. 405 BC)[a][d][e] Pingala, (c. 4th century BC) Plato
List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_centuries_BC
Magonid Carthaginian general (died 396 BC)
Dionysius of Syracuse in 405 BC expanded Carthaginian holdings in Sicily to their maximum extent. Elected "king" around 398 BC, Himilco then led the Carthaginian
Himilco_(general)
Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the largest empire by that point in history
List_of_Achaemenid_emperors
states of the Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Greece and Greece between 3000 BC and the present day. It is not exhaustive. ( * ) The Greek Kingdom of Pergamon
List_of_wars_involving_Greece
Person who has turned 100 years old
lived 97/98 years and the famous Greek tragedian Sophocles (497/496-406/405 BC) lived at least 90 years. Hosius of Córdoba, the man who convinced Constantine
Centenarian
404–403 BCE Athenian pro-Spartan ruling group
After the Athenian navy was destroyed at the battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC, Lysander led the Spartan and Peloponnesian League naval force to Athens
Thirty_Tyrants
Army of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta
seemingly independent of the one-year term clause because it was used in 405 BC to give Lysander command of the fleet after he was already an admiral for
Spartan_army
Book of the Bible
it did not refer to Darius the Great (Darius I), but to Darius II (424-405 BC). Some early manuscripts containing the text of this book in Biblical Hebrew
Book_of_Haggai
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. "Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
List_of_battles_before_301
Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine
the bull's horns counts as his beloved nurse". In Euripides's Bacchae (c. 405 BC), a messenger, describing the Bacchic revelries on mount Cithaeron, associates
Dionysus
Unsuccessful siege by Carthage during Sicilian Wars
Dionysius was acknowledged as the ruler of Syracuse by Carthage. Between 405 BC and 398 BC, Dionysius set about securing his political position and increasing
Siege_of_Syracuse_(397_BC)
Ancient Greek city
Heraclea Minoa fell under Carthaginian control as a result of the treaty of 405 BC. but the absence of all mention of Heraclea suggests that either it did
Heraclea_Minoa
Athenian actor
laughable figure. Aristophanes referenced the mistake in his comedy The Frogs (405 BC). In lines 302–304, the character Xanthias, after a frightening encounter
Hegelochus_(actor)
Siege during the Sicilian Wars
the summer of 398 BC or the spring of 397 BC. Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, after securing peace with Carthage in 405 BC, had steadily increased
Siege_of_Segesta_(397_BC)
Ancient city-state in mainland Greece
Alcmaeon in Corinth, a play by Greek dramatist Euripides, premiered in 405 BC The Queen of Corinth, a play by English dramatist John Fletcher, published
Ancient_Corinth
Phoenician city-state
spoils of war. But the primary enemy, Syracuse, remained untouched and in 405 BC, Hannibal Mago led a second Carthaginian expedition to claim the rest of
Ancient_Carthage
1968 American play and 1970 documentary film
Agave/Chorus/Herself The Bacchae opened the City Dionysia Festival in Athens in 405 BC and won first prize. The action follows the god Dionysus on his return to
Dionysus_in_69
Putative archaic Roman executive magistracy
the first time in 426 BC in response to the military situation which saw the Roman state capture and annex Fidenae. Then in 405 BC, the number of consular
Consular_tribune
Ancient Roman family
BC. Titus Quinctius T. f. L. n. Capitolinus Barbatus, consul in 421 BC. Titus Quinctius T. f. T. n. Capitolinus Barbatus, consular tribune in 405 BC.
Quinctia_gens
Island in Greece
slavery. They then settled 500 of their own colonists on the island. In 405 BC, with Athens losing the war, the Spartan general Lysander expelled the Athenian
Milos
Lysander followed with a crushing blow at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC which almost destroyed the Athenian fleet. Athens surrendered one year later
History_of_Greece
Archaic Greek expansion across the Mediterranean and Black Sea (750–550 BC)
the expansion of Archaic Greeks, particularly during the 8th–6th centuries BC, across the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The Archaic expansion differed
Greek_colonisation
List of kings used by ancient astronomers
485–465 BC Artaxerxes I (Longimanus): 464–424 BC Darius II: 423–405 BC Artaxerxes II (Mnemon): 404–359 BC Artaxerxes III (Ochus): 358–338 BC Arses (Arogus):
Canon_of_Kings
Ancient Roman family
of 408, 405, and 403 BC, according to the Capitoline Fasti. Lucius Julius Vop. f. C. n. Iullus, consular tribune in 438, and consul in 430 BC. Sextus
Julia_gens
5th century BC Roman Republican consular tribune
Quintus Quinctius Cincinnatus was a consular tribune in 415 and 405 BC of the Roman Republic. Quinctius belonged to the Quinctia gens, one of the oldest
Quintus Quinctius Cincinnatus (consular tribune 415 BC)
Quintus_Quinctius_Cincinnatus_(consular_tribune_415_BC)
Ornamental device alternating ovals with points
unknown architect, 437-432 BC Ancient Greek egg-and-dart on the Erechtheion, Athens, Greece, unknown architect or sculptor, 421-405 BC Ancient Greek egg-and-dart
Egg-and-dart
Roman consular tribune in 405, 402 and 397 BC
Vulso Capitolinus was a consular tribune of the Roman Republic in 405, 402 and 397 BC. Manlius belonged to the Manlia gens, one of the oldest patrician
Aulus Manlius Vulso Capitolinus
Aulus_Manlius_Vulso_Capitolinus
5th-century BC Greek playwright
first play was produced in 447 BC and won a prize. A quote in Aristophanes' The Frogs suggests he was dead by around 405 BC. Some classicists suggest that
Achaeus_of_Eretria
Decorative motif based on the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree
head, c.500–490 BC, tarracotta, Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient Greek detail of an Ionic frieze of the Erechtheum, Athens, 421–405 BC, unknown architect
Palmette
Spiral scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order
421-405 BC Ancient Greek volutes of a corbel of the Erechtheion Ancient Greek volutes on a krater, by the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs, 450–440 BC, ceramic
Volute
Ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
death, as Aristophanes' The Frogs (405 BC) makes clear. Allusions to the play are evident in his The Birds of 414 BC, and in the tragedian Euripides' fragmentary
Prometheus_Bound
rediscovering the lost Euripides play Alcmaeon in Corinth (Ἀλκμαίων ὁ διὰ Κορίνθου, 405 BC). He insists that he never spoke to Rose, which is unlikely, given that
List_of_Lewis_episodes
Monetary principle
had been noted by Aristophanes in his play The Frogs, usually dated at 405 BC: It has often struck our notice that the course our city runs Is the same
Gresham's_law
Union of Thracian tribes and kingdoms (5th century BC to 3rd century BC)
around 410 or 405 BC. By the turn of the 4th century the Odrysian kingdom showed its tendency towards fragmentation. Two rulers are known by 405: Amadocus
Odrysian_kingdom
(c. 480 BC) A history of Leros On Iphigeneia, an essay On the Festivals of Dionysus Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) Alcmaeon in Corinth (405 BC), only fragments
List_of_lost_literary_works
Ancient Athenian sacred ship
beginning the period of open division between the city and the fleet. In 405 BC, the Paralus was one of ten ships that escaped from the Athenian disaster
Paralus_(ship)
Maternal grandfather of Demosthenes
Kingdom). Gylon is said to have betrayed Nymphaeum to "the enemy" when in 405 BC, he handed it to the Bosporan King Satyros in exchange for needed grain
Gylon
Greek mythological figure
Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamaea (336–188 BC). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-39504-6 Parthenius, Love
Larissa_(mythology)
Classical Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
mentions an apparent Athenian reproduction of The Persians in his Frogs (405 BC). In it, he has Aeschylus describe The Persians as "an effective sermon
The_Persians
Historical region of Italy
the eponym Taras hero riding a dolphin A Syracusan tetradrachm (c. 415–405 BC), sporting Arethusa and a quadriga. Greek coinage of Italy and Sicily originated
Magna_Graecia
Neighbourhood in Ula, Muğla, Turkey
Delian League took over between 484 and 405 BC and Idyma is mentioned in the tax lists for the years 453-452 BC, the earliest written document on the city
Akyaka,_Ula
family tree of Chinese monarchs during the Warring States period. In 771 BC, a coalition of feudal lords and the Western Rong tribes overthrew King You
Family tree of Chinese monarchs (Warring States period)
Family_tree_of_Chinese_monarchs_(Warring_States_period)
Socratic dialogue by Plato
in fact, earned Socrates the death sentence in 399 BC. Aristophanes' comedy, The Frogs (405 BC), attacks the new tragedy of Agathon and Euripides, and
Symposium_(Plato)
c. BC - post 475 BC) Aeschylus (525 - 456 BC) Pindar (ca. 518 - ca. 438 BC) Sophocles (495 - 405 BC) Euripides (480 - 406 BC) Critias (460 - 403 BC) Aristophanes
5th_century_BC_in_poetry
poet and philosopher, contemporary of Euripides Iophon (flourished 428 BC–405 BC), tragic poet, son of Sophocles Isyllus poet whose name was rediscovered
List_of_ancient_Greek_poets
Topics referred to by the same term
The Battle of Gela may refer to: Battle of Gela (405 BC) Battle of Gela (1943) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Battle
Battle_of_Gela
Ancient Greek city state in Sicily
ultimately turned into a dictatorship. The city of Akragas, destroyed in 405 BC, would again be populated by Greeks, although it would not reach the level
Akragas_(metropolis)
City in Thessaly, Greece
(mythology) Gorgias of Leontinoi (483 BC–375 BC), sophist. He worked and died in Larissa. Hippocrates of Kos (460 BC–370 BC), physician. He worked and died
Larissa
Achaemenid prince, satrap of Lydia from 408 to 401 BC
arrest] made him more eagerly desirous of the kingdom than before." In 405 BC, Lysander won the battle of Aegospotami, and Sparta became more influential
Cyrus_the_Younger
405 BC
405 BC
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English
English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schum.Chinese : (Pinyin Cen) this surname was derived from an area so named during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, so named from Old English hlinc ‘hillside’, or from either of two places in Norfolk and Lincolnshire named Ling, from Old Norse lyng ‘ling’, ‘heather’. There is also a Lyng in Somerset, so named from Old English lengen ‘long place’.German : variant of Link.Chinese : from a word meaning ‘ice’. In ancient times, the imperial palace was able to enjoy ice in the summer by storing winter ice in a cellar, entrusting its care to an official called the iceman. This post was once filled during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) by a descendant of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who had been granted the state of Wei soon after the establishment of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of this particular iceman adopted the word for ice, ling, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval French form of the Latin personal name Sabinus or its feminine form Sabina, originally an ethnic name for a member of an ancient Italic people of central Italy, whose name is of uncertain origin. According to legend, in the 8th century bc the Romans slaughtered the Sabine menfolk and carried off the women. More influential as far as name-giving is concerned was the existence of several Christian saints bearing this name. The masculine name was borne by at least ten early saints (martyrs and bishops), but as a given name the feminine form was always more popular.Jewish : probably also an Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish name.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan).Chinese : from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan (see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei, who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia (1879–1849 bc). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.Chinese : there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.Chinese : variant of Lang.Cambodian : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Probably of Anglo-Norman French origin; it is said to be from a place called Malbanc.Peter Malbone, born in 1633, married Sarah Godfrey in Norfolk Co., VA. The name Mallabone has been in Warwickshire, England, for over 400 years.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
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English and French
English and French : from the medieval female personal name Constance, Latin Constantia, originally a feminine form of Constantius (see Constant), but later taken as the abstract noun constantia ‘steadfastness’.English and French : habitational name from Coutances in La Manche, France, which was named Constantia in Latin (see above) in honor of the Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, who was responsible for fortifying the settlement in ad 305.
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English
English : from the personal name Horace, Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of unknown origin, associated chiefly with the name of the poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 bc).
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Pleiades ( the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, Cluster of Seven Brilliant Stars in Taurus)
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Chinese
Chinese : there are two sources for this character for Wen, which also means ‘warm’. One is a territory named Wen, and the other an area named Wenyi. Descendants of rulers of these areas adopted Wen as their surname.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘literature’. Its origin, however, is from the given name of an ancient personage called Wen.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘hear’. During the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), in the state of Lu there existed a man who has a supplementary name, Wenren. His descendants adopted the first character of his name, Wen, as their surname.English : unexplained.
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Irish
It is an old Irish name meaning “â€swiftness, nimbleness.â€â€ Daithi, the last pagan king of Ireland, ruled from 405 AD to 426 AD, and he had twenty-four sons. Along with Crimhthan the Great (366 A.D.) and Niall of the Nine Hostages (379 A.D.) (read the legend) Daithi led Irish fleets to raid the Roman Empire. He was killed by lightning in the Alps and is buried under a standing stone called “â€King Daithi’s Stone.â€â€ As in all these matters there is debate over where the stone is located, either in County Roscommon or on the Aran Islands, off the coast of County Galway.
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English (London)
English (London) : patronymic from the personal name Piers (see Pierce).North German : patronymic from the personal name Pier, a variant of Peer, reduced form of Peter.Born in Yorkshire, England, Abraham Pierson (1609–78) was the first pastor of the settlements at Southampton, Long Island, NY; Branford, CT, and Newark, NJ. He left his library of more than 400 books, one of the most extensive in the colonies, to his son Abraham, who was one of the first trustees of Yale College.
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Irish
It is an old Irish name meaning “â€swiftness, nimbleness.â€â€ Daithi, the last pagan king of Ireland, ruled from 405 AD to 426 AD, and he had twenty-four sons. Along with Crimhthan the Great (366 A.D.) and Niall of the Nine Hostages (379 A.D.) (read the legend) Daithi led Irish fleets to raid the Roman Empire. He was killed by lightning in the Alps and is buried under a standing stone called “â€King Daithi’s Stone.â€â€ As in all these matters there is debate over where the stone is located, either in County Roscommon or on the Aran Islands, off the coast of County Galway.
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English
English : variant spelling of Nye.Chinese : from the name of Nie City, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). It was granted to a son of a duke of the state of Qi; his descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname.
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Chinese
Chinese : from the place name Pan, which existed in the state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty. Bi Gonggao, fifteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, was granted a state named Wei when the Zhou dynasty came to power in 1122 bc (see Feng 1). Bi Gonggao in turn granted the area called Pan to one of his sons, whose descendants eventually adopted Pan as their surname. This name is also Romanized as Poon, Pun, and Pon.Korean : There are two Chinese characters for this surname; only one of them, however, is common enough to warrant treatment here. There are three clans which use this character: the KisÅng (also called the KÅje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yÅng. The founding ancestors of these clans were KoryÅ (918–1392) figures, and it is widely believed that they were related.Spanish and southern French (Occitan) : metonymic occupational name for a baker or a pantryman, from Spanish and Occitan pan ‘bread’ (Latin panis).English and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who cast pans, from Middle English, Middle Dutch panne ‘pan’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish pan ‘lord’, ‘master’, ‘landowner’, hence a nickname for a haughty person.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling or translation of German Pfann (North German Pann).
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English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France, such as Belleu (Aisne), named in Old French with bel ‘beautiful’ + l(i)eu ‘place’, or from Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle), which is named with Old French bel ‘lovely’ + ewe ‘water’ (Latin aqua), or from Bellou (Calvados), which is probably named with a Gaulish word meaning ‘watercress’. Compare French Beaulieu.In 1651 a Major William Bellew was granted 406 acres of land in Henrico Co., VA. In 1652 Lieut. Col. Bellew (possibly the same man), with another, was granted 1050 acres in James City Co.
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English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Pink.Chinese : there are two sources of this name, which also means ‘peace’. One is the name of a senior minister of the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), who was posthumously named Yan Pingzhong. The other source is a city called Ping in the state of Han during the Warring States period (403–221 bc). It was granted to a marquis whose descendants adopted the place name as their surname.
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English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Wren.Dutch (de Ren) : origin unexplained.Variant spelling of German Renn.Swedish : soldier’s name, from ren ‘reindeer’.Chinese : from the name of Rencheng ‘Ren City’, which was granted to Yu Yang, the 25th son of the Emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 bc). Some of his descendants later adopted the place name as their surname.
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Indian
Manchu
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Greek
From the flower by the same name. In Greek legend, the hyacinth sprouted from the blood of the...
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Hebrew
Cloud.
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Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Latin Maria, MALIA means "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."
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British, English
Lady of the Lake
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Australian, German, Hindu, Indian
Correct
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Spanish
meaning manly.
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Palm, Calm, Nightingale, Key, A list
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American, Australian, British, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Shakespearean, Spanish, Swedish, Teutonic
Frenchwoman; Free; From France
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Hindu, Indian, Romanian
Voice of Heart
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A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
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The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
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A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.
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The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
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A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45¡, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.
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At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
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Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
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Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.
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An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.
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A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0¡ C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40¡ C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.
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The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees.
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A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
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A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.