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One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
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A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.
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A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute.
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An Athenian; an Athenian author.
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An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
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A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
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Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian.
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To side with the Athenians.
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A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.
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Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
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To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
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Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
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Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
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A native or citizen of Athens.
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Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.
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A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.
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An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.
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The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.
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Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.
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The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
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