Elymian
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Elymian
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From Elymi + -an.
noun Elymians
- Any member of a people who inhabited western Sicily during the Bronze Age and Classical antiquity. In 580 the Greeks attacked the Carthaginians and Elymians.
adjective more Elymian · most Elymian
- Of or pertaining to the Elymian people or their society, language, etc. The exact relations which existed between Carthage and the Elymian towns, those again which existed between the two Elymian towns themselves, are nowhere clearly described.
proper noun
- An extinct, undeciphered and unclassified language spoken by the Elymians. The chance find of a dump at Segesta has yielded more Elymian inscriptions (mostly single words, inscribed in Greek letters on potsherds) than all other sites combined.
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Talk about this word "Elymian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elymian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Elymian. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elymian "Elymian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/elymian.
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@misc{elymian_2026,
title = {Elymian},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elymian},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
