Seleucid

seleucid English Etymology From en la Seleucides, from en grc Σελευκίδης, named after Seleucus I Nicator. Equivalent to en Seleucus id. Pronunciation en /səˈluːsɪd/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Seleucid.wav US Adjective - Relating to the Greek-Macedonian dynasty which ruled (312–63 ) an empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great. en 1998 John H. Roger Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions Journal of the British Astronomy Association 10 1 108 1 The Seleucid and Dendera Zodiacs are illustrations of the pictograph tradition from the 5th phase, showing the zodiac plus the four ‘parazodiacal’ animals (crow, serpent, eagle, and southern fish). en 2021 Andrea M. Berlin; Paul J. Kosmin The Middle Maccabees 151 An extraordinary material reflection of close Ptolemaic-Seleucid relations was the gift, in 190 BCE or shortly thereafter, of a Ptolemaic gold mnaeion, the largest regularly minted gold issue in the Greek world, conveyed by some high Ptolemaic official to a similarly situated Seleucid counterpart, Derived terms en Seleucid Empire Related terms en Seleucus Seleucia Translations relating to the dynasty Arabic: ar سِلُوقِيّ Armenian: hy սելեւկյան Finnish: fi seleukidilainen French: fr séleucide German: de seleukidisch Italian: it seleucidico Portuguese: pt selêucida Russian: ru селевкидский Spanish: es seléucida Swedish: sv Noun s es Seleucidae A member of this dynasty. Derived terms en Seleucidan Translations a member of this dynasty Arabic: ar سِلُوقِيّ m Armenian: hy Սելեւկյան Finnish: fi seleukidi German: de Seleukide Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Σελευκίδης Latin: la Seleucides Russian: ru Селевкид