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Megapolitan
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A variant of Megalopolitan; analysable as Megapolis + -itan. Megapolis is derived from Late Latin megapolis, from Ancient Greek μεγα- (mega-, “prefix meaning ‘large’”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).[1]
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Megapolitan (not comparable)
- (Ancient Greece) Of, pertaining to, or from the ancient city of Megalopolis (now Megalopoli) in Greece.
- 1902 January, H. R. James, “Art. V.—Across the Peloponnesus.”, in The Calcutta Review, volume CXIV, number CCXXVII, Calcutta: Printed & published by the City Press, […], Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co., […]; Madras: Messrs. Higginbotham & Co.; London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ld., […], OCLC 695639494, section III (Karytæna かつ Megalopolis), page 51:
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Megapolitan (複数形 Megapolitans)
- (Ancient Greece) An inhabitant of the ancient city of Megalopolis (now Megalopoli) in Greece.
- 1670, Quintus Curtius Rufus; Robert Codrington, transl., “The Sixth Book of Quintus Curtius. Of the Acts of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon.”, in The Life and Death of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In Ten Books, […], London: Printed for Tho[mas] Johnson for Samuel Speed, […], OCLC 794865600, page 213:
- 1709, Lewis Ellis du Pin [i.e., Louis Ellies Dupin], “Sect. XXXV. An Abridgment of the History of the Time between Xerxes and Alexander the Great, Extracted from Diodorus Siculus. [Olympiad CVII. 1st Year. Aristodemus Archon.]”, in The Universal Library of Historians; (viz.) The Oriental, Greek, Latin, French, German, Spanish, Italian, English, and Others. […], volume II, London: Printed for R. Bonwicke [et al.], OCLC 54583092, page 159:
- The Lacedæmonians, in Conjunction with the Phocenſes, make War with the Megapolitans, Thebans and Argives. After ſeveral Battles, in which both ſides are ſometimes ſucceſsful, and at other times unſucceſsful, a Truce is concluded between the Lacedæmonians and Megapolitans.
- 1896, Adolf Holm; [Frederick Clarke, transl.], “The Sacred War—Beginning of Demosthenes’ Career (356–352)”, in The History of Greece from Its Commencement to the Close of the Independence of the Greek Nation [...] Translated from the German: In Four Volumes, volume III (The 4th century B.C. up to the Death of Alexander), London: Macmillan and Co., Limited; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 977674539, page 238:
- When, therefore, the above-mentioned request for help from the Megapolitans reached Athens in 352, Demosthenes expressed himself in favour of complying with it, especially emphasizing the necessity of not allowing Sparta to become too powerful.
参照
- ^ “megapolis, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2001; “megapolis” (US) / “megapolis” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
Further reading
- Megalopolis, Greece on Wikipedia.
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