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Xenophontic

US/ˌzi.noʊˈfɑn.tɪk/

Xenophontic adjective: of or relating to the language or style of Xenophon.

xenophontic: of or relating to the language or style of Xenophon
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Adjective

Xenophontic (comparative more Xenophontic, superlative most Xenophontic)

  1. (literary, relational) Of or relating to the language or style of Xenophon.

Synonyms of Xenophontic

Forms of Xenophontic

comparativemore Xenophontic
superlativemost Xenophontic
alternative formxenophontic

Origin of Xenophontic

By surface analysis, Xenophon (“Greek historian and philosopher”) + -tic (adjectival suffix), though possibly derived from Ancient Greek, as suggested by the adjectival suffix being -tic (from Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)), as opposed to -ic (from Latin -icus).

Questions about Xenophontic

What does Xenophontic mean?
Xenophontic means of or relating to the language or style of Xenophon.
What part of speech is Xenophontic?
Xenophontic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Xenophontic?
Xenophontic is pronounced /ˌzi.noʊˈfɑn.tɪk/ (US).

Words near Xenophontic in the dictionary

  1. xenophonia
  2. Xenophonian
  3. Xenophonic
  4. Xenophontean
  5. Xenophontian
  6. Xenophontic
  7. Xenophontine
  8. xenophora
  9. xenophorae
  10. xenophoras
  11. xenophore

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