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Panathenaic

Panathenaic adjective: of or relating to the Panathenaea.

Adjective

Panathenaic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Panathenaea.
    • I leave aside the vexed questions about whether one or two peploi were woven and presented to Athena during the Greater (every four years) and Lesser (every year) Panathenaic festivals […]2004, Mary Stieber, The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai

Forms of Panathenaic

alternative formPan-Athenaic

Origin of Panathenaic

From Ancient Greek Παναθηναϊκός (Panathēnaïkós). By surface analysis, Panathenaea + -ic.

Questions about Panathenaic

What does Panathenaic mean?
Panathenaic means of or relating to the Panathenaea.
What part of speech is Panathenaic?
Panathenaic is an adjective.

Words near Panathenaic in the dictionary

  1. panatheism
  2. Panathenaea
  3. Panathenaean
  4. Panathenaeic
  5. Panathenaia
  6. Panathenaic
  7. panatrophic
  8. panatrophy
  9. panauti
  10. panautonomic
  11. panax

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