English for Beginners Practical English Travel English Telephone English Banking English Accounting English Dictionary
Online English learning Courses
    courses   dictionary
Double-click any word on the page to look it up in the dictionary.

Audio English.net » Dictionary » T » Thrown ... Thwack

THUCYDIDES

Overview

THUCYDIDES (noun)
  The noun THUCYDIDES has 1 sense:

1. ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)

  Familiarity information: THUCYDIDES used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


THUCYDIDES (noun)


Sense 1Thucydides [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)


 Learn English with... Proverbs of the week 
"Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters." (English proverb)

"You talk sweet like the bulbul bird." (Afghanistan proverb)

"The fisherman is the shark's friend." (Arabic proverb)

"Do not hide your light under a bushel" (Danish proverb)

Page delivered in 0.0245 seconds




AudioEnglish Definitions... Just One Click Away!
Now you can lookup any word in our dictionary, right from the search box in your browser! Click here to add the AudioEnglish.net dictionary to your list of search providers.
IE 8.0 Tip: simply highlight a word from any webpage, click on the blue Accelerator icon that appears above your selection, click All Accelerators and then select Search with AudioEnglish.net Dictionary.

Dictionary: go up
Dictionary: go down


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other popular searches:






Add to favorites