Achaean

[ uh-kee-uh n ]

/ əˈki ən /

adjective

of or relating to Achaea or the Achaeans.

(in the Iliad) Greek.

noun

an inhabitant of Achaea.

a Greek, especially a member of the Achaean League.

a member of one of the four main divisions of prehistoric Greeks, believed to have occupied the Peloponnesus and to have produced the Mycenaean culture. Compare Aeolian²(def 2), Dorian¹(def 2), Ionian(def 3).

Origin of Achaean

1560–70; < Latin Achae(us) (< Greek Achaiós, perhaps reflected in Hittite Ahhiyawa, a country alluded to in records of the late 2nd millennium b.c.) + -an

Example sentences from the Web for achaean

Nor can it be said with certainty that these tombs date from the Achaean period, or at all events from the last days of it.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick
The Achaean league, as it is called, was another society of Grecian republics, which supplies us with valuable instruction.

The Federalist Papers |Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
The Roman envoys come to Cleitor, where there is an Achaean assembly.

The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) |Polybius
A third Achaean leader is still at sea, alive, but hindered from returning.

The Odyssey |Homer

Wherefore he was sending them, as they desired, to the Achaean land at the bidding of their father—a long journey.

The Argonautica |Apollonius Rhodius

British Dictionary definitions for achaean

Achaean

Achaian (əˈkaɪən)

/ (əˈkiːən) /

noun

a member of a principal Greek tribe in the Mycenaean era

a native or inhabitant of the later Greek province of Achaea

adjective

of or relating to Achaea or the Achaeans

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Achaean

adjective

noun

Origin of Achaean

Example sentences from the Web for achaean

British Dictionary definitions for achaean

Achaian (əˈkaɪən)

noun

adjective