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Lucianic

Lucianic adjective: of or relating to Lucian of Samosata (about 125 CE – after 180 CE), rhetorician and satirist who wrote in Ancient Greek during the Second Sophistic and is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.

Adjective

Lucianic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Lucian of Samosata (about 125 CE – after 180 CE), rhetorician and satirist who wrote in Ancient Greek during the Second Sophistic and is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.

Origin of Lucianic

From Lucian + -ic.

Questions about Lucianic

What does Lucianic mean?
Lucianic means of or relating to Lucian of Samosata (about 125 CE – after 180 CE), rhetorician and satirist who wrote in Ancient Greek during the Second Sophistic and is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.
What part of speech is Lucianic?
Lucianic is an adjective.

Words near Lucianic in the dictionary

  1. Lucia
  2. luciamin
  3. Lucian
  4. Luciana
  5. Luciani
  6. Lucianic
  7. Lucianis
  8. Luciano
  9. lucibufagin
  10. lucibufagins
  11. lucid

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