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Marathonian

Marathonian adjective: of or relating to Marathon in ancient Greece.

Adjective

Marathonian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Marathon in ancient Greece.
    • […] not even the magnificent fiction of the Marathonian warrior-poet could have rendered righteous the sacrilege of Prometheus’ mutiny against the will of the omnipotent father of gods and man.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “IV. Prometheus”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 115

Noun

Marathonian (plural Marathonians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Marathon in ancient Greece.

Forms of Marathonian

pluralMarathonians

Origin of Marathonian

From Marathon + -ian.

Questions about Marathonian

What does Marathonian mean?
Marathonian means of or relating to Marathon in ancient Greece.
What part of speech is Marathonian?
Marathonian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Marathonian in the dictionary

  1. Marathon County
  2. Marathon Shores
  3. marathoned
  4. marathoner
  5. marathoners
  6. Marathonian
  7. Marathonians
  8. marathonic
  9. marathoning
  10. marathonist
  11. marathonists

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