Xenophontic

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English

Xenophon's Anabasis, a Xenophontic text.

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Etymology

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 (-tikós)), as opposed to -ic (from Latin -icus).

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Adjective

Xenophontic (comparative more Xenophontic, superlative most Xenophontic)

  1. (relational, literary) Of or relating to the language or style of Xenophon.
    Synonyms: Xenophonian, Xenophontean, Xenophontian, Xenophonic

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