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Definition of Eupatrid
1. n. One well born, or of noble birth.
Definition of Eupatrid
1. Noun. One well born, or of noble birth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eupatrid
1. an aristocrat of ancient Athens [n -RIDS or -RIDAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eupatrid
Literary usage of Eupatrid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"... ie euphemistically "neighbours " of the eupatrid landlords who employed them,
also bore the special name ..."
2. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"THE FIRST POLITICAL REVOLUTION : eupatrid RULE. 103. Decline of the Homeric Kingship.
— Like other Greek cities, Athens lost her kings in the dim centuries ..."
3. Lives of Greek Statesmen, Solon by George William Cox (1885)
"But from the outset it was perfectly clear that the party to which Aristeides
belonged and which claimed him as their eupatrid special champion would take ..."
4. The Public and Private Life of the Ancient Greeks by Heinrich Hase (1836)
"... gus—Prytaneum— Dissensions of the eupatrid Families favourable to
democracy—Inefficient legislation of Draco—Solon—His influence due to the ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Hitherto the eupatrid» had been the depositaries in) sole interpreters of an
unwritten law. ... л eupatrid, was now commissioned, not to frame a new code, ..."
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