English Explanatory Dictionary

amphictyon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.

Word forms

amphictyon amphictyons

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Amphictyones, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμφικτύονες (Amphiktúones), both of which are only attested in the plural. Probably the word originally meant "dwellers around, neighbours".

Derived words

amphictyonic
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