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seleucid

/səˈluːsɪd/

seleucid noun: any member of the Seleucidae.

Noun (1)

seleucid (plural seleucids)

  1. Any member of the Seleucidae.

Adjective capitalized: Seleucid

Seleucid (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the Greek-Macedonian dynasty which ruled (312–63 BCE) an empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great.
    • The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish).1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 10, column 1
    • An extraordinary material reflection of close Ptolemaic-Seleucid relations was the gift, in 190 BCE or shortly thereafter, of a Ptolemaic gold mnaeion, the largest regularly minted gold issue in the Greek world, conveyed by some high Ptolemaic official to a similarly situated Seleucid counterpart...2021, Andrea M. Berlin, Paul J. Kosmin, The Middle Maccabees, page 151

Noun (2) capitalized: Seleucid

Seleucid (plural Seleucids or Seleucides or Seleucidae)

  1. A member of this dynasty.

Forms of seleucid

pluralseleucids
pluralSeleucids
pluralSeleucides
pluralSeleucidae

Origin of seleucid

From Latin Seleucides, from Ancient Greek Σελευκίδης (Seleukídēs), named after Seleucus I Nicator. Equivalent to Seleucus + -id.

Words formed from seleucid

Questions about seleucid

What does seleucid mean?
Seleucid means any member of the Seleucidae.
What part of speech is seleucid?
Seleucid can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce seleucid?
Seleucid is pronounced /səˈluːsɪd/.
What is the plural of seleucid?
The plural of seleucid is seleucids.

Words near seleucid in the dictionary

  1. Seleucia on the Tigris
  2. Seleucia-on-Tigris
  3. Seleucian
  4. Seleucians
  5. Seleucias
  6. seleucid
  7. Seleucid Empire
  8. Seleucidae
  9. Seleucidan
  10. Seleucidean
  11. Seleucides

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