Definition of Phrygian. Meaning of Phrygian. Synonyms of Phrygian

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Definition of Phrygian

Phrygian
Phrygian Phryg"i*an, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist.
Phrygian
Phrygian Phryg"i*an, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. ?, fr. ? Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.] Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. Phrygian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Phrygian stone, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.

Meaning of Phrygian from wikipedia

- The Phrygian cap (/ˈfrɪdʒ(iː)ən/ FRIJ-(ee)-ən), also known as Thracian cap and liberty cap, is a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, ****ociated in...
- Stories of the heroic age of Gr**** mythology tell of several legendary Phrygian kings: Gordias, whose Gordian Knot would later be cut by Alexander the...
- The Phrygians (Gr****: Φρύγες, Phruges or Phryges) were an ancient Indo-European speaking people who inhabited central-western Anatolia (in modern-day...
- The Phrygian mode (pronounced /ˈfrɪdʒiən/) can refer to three different musical modes: the ancient Gr**** tonos or harmonia, sometimes called Phrygian, formed...
- Phrygian can refer to: Anything relating to the region of Phrygia Anything relating to the Phrygians, an ethnic group Phrygian language, their language...
- The Phrygian language (/ˈfrɪdʒiən/ ) was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, spoken in Anatolia (in modern Turkey), during classical antiquity...
- In music, the Phrygian dominant scale (or the Phrygian ♮3 scale) is the actual fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, the fifth being the dominant. It...
- Graeco-Phrygian (/ˌɡriːkoʊˈfrɪdʒiən/) is a proposed subgroup of the Indo-European language family which comprises the ****enic and Phrygian languages....
- Familiar as his garter — Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1 Scene 1. 45–47 The Phrygians were without a king, but an oracle at Telmissus (the ancient capital of...
- The Phrygian helmet, also known as the Thracian helmet, was a type of helmet that originated in ancient Greece, towards the close of the classical period...