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scythian
/ˈsɪθiən/
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What does scythian mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to Scythia (a region of Central Eurasia in the classical era) or its inhabitants.
noun
- An inhabitant of Scythia.
proper noun
- The Eastern Iranian language of Scythians.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- The Proto-Indo-European language.
- An epoch from 251 ± 0.2 to 245 ± 1.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Early Triassic.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɪθiən/
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If all things fall out right, I shall as famous be by this exploit As Scythian Tomyris by Cyrus’ death.
When the German and Scythian nations overran the western provinces of the Roman empire, the confusions which followed so great a revolution lasted for several centuries.
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Herodotus describes the Scythian mode of taking the scalp: "He makes a cut round the head near the ears, and shakes the skull out."
The Scythian women put out the eyes of all their slaves and prisoners of war, that they might have their pleasure of them, and they never the wiser.
Or is there any invention of his, applicable to the arts or to human life, such as Thales the Milesian or Anacharsis the Scythian, and other ingenious men have conceived, which is attributed to him?