Scythian

[ sith-ee-uh n ]

/ ˈsɪθ i ən /

pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.

a native or inhabitant of Scythia.

the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians.

Origin of Scythian

First recorded in 1535–45; Scythi(a) + -an

Many authors have written of the Scythian Lamb, or Borametz—most of them fabulously.

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary |Henry Lee
The shock of the Scythian irruption cannot but have greatly injured and weakened Assyria.

History of Phoenicia |George Rawlinson
The Scythian police who kept order in the Pnyx could procure him no audience.

Historical Miniatures |August Strindberg
The goddess punished this sacrilege by inflicting on the Scythian nation the "female disease."

Notes and Queries, Number 223, February 4, 1854 |Various

He advanced with a powerful army, but ill prepared for such an expedition, into the Scythian wastes.

The History of Sandford and Merton |Thomas Day

Scythian

/ (ˈsɪðɪən) /

of or relating to ancient Scythia, its inhabitants, or their language

a member of an ancient nomadic people of Scythia

the extinct language of this people, belonging to the East Iranian branch of the Indo-European family