Phrygian

[ frij-ee-uh n ]

/ ˈfrɪdʒ i ən /

of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.

a native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

an Indo-European language that was the language of Phrygia.

Origin of Phrygian

From the Latin word Phrygiānus, dating back to 1570–80. See Phrygia, -an

The eagle of 1795 bears upon its obverse a head of Liberty, wearing a rather high Phrygian cap.

The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 |Various
Hats and caps are common in all classes and take many shapes—the Phrygian cap, the flat bonnet, the brimmed hat and the skull-cap.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various
The rites of the Phrygian Sabazius touch the processes of the lower culture at more than one point.

Comparative Religion |J. Estlin Carpenter
A later form of the legend identifies Daphnis with a Phrygian hero, and makes him the teacher of Marsyas.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 |Various

Amid blows and insults the heavy days dragged on, and seemed interminable to the poor Phrygian youth.

Darkness and Dawn |Frederic W. Farrar

Phrygian

/ (ˈfrɪdʒɪən) /

of or relating to ancient Phrygia, its inhabitants, or their extinct language

music of or relating to an authentic mode represented by the natural diatonic scale from E to E See Hypo-

music (of a cadence) denoting a progression that leads a piece of music out of the major key and ends on the dominant chord of the relative minor key

a native or inhabitant of ancient Phrygia

an ancient language of Phrygia, belonging to the Thraco-Phrygian branch of the Indo-European family: recorded in a few inscriptions