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Phrygian

//ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Phrygian alt-of
  3. 3
    Written or spoken in the Phrygian language. not-comparable

    "‘Then one day one of the infants stretched out his little hands to the shepherd and exclaimed bekos, which is the Phrygian word for bread.’"

  4. 4
    In the Phrygian mode. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of the Phrygian people.
  2. 2
    Phrygian mode
Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

    "‘And so Psammetichus decided the Phrygians must have been the first race on earth, and Phrygian the first language.’"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Phrygian, in the musical sense alt-of
  3. 3
    a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct — preserved only in a few inscriptions wordnet
  4. 4
    A Montanist.
  5. 5
    a native or inhabitant of Phrygia wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Etymology 2

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Etymology 3

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

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