frumiousb

anthropophagous
Pronunciation:
\ˌan(t)-thrə-ˈpä-fə-gəs\
Function:
adjective
Date:
circa 1828
: feeding on human flesh

daric
Pronunciation: (dar'ik), [key]
—n.
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.

mangonel
/manggn’l/
• noun historical a military device for throwing stones.
ORIGIN from Greek manganon ‘axis of a pulley’.

melic
mel·ic [ méllik ]
adjective
Definition:
meant to be sung: describes an ancient Greek lyric poem that is meant to be sung rather than recited
[Late 17th century. Via Latin< Greek melikos< melos "song"]

nullah
noun
Definition:
South Asia ditch: a ditch, irrigation canal, or ravine
[Late 18th century. < Hindi nālā]

proxenos
In Classical Greece a Proxenos ( Πρόξενος ) was a citizen (usually rich) of a particular city state who felt friendship towards another city, and voluntarily took up some of the roles fulfilled in modern states by Consuls - i.e. helping citizens of the other city when in trouble with the authorities in his own city, and sometimes hosting them in his own home at his own expense.

A Proxenos would use whatever influence he had in his own city to promote policies of friendship or alliance with the city he voluntarily represented. For example, Cimon was Sparta's Proxenos at Athens and during his period of prominence in Athenian politics, previous to the outbreak of the First Peloponnesian War, he strongly advocated a policy of cooperation between the two states. Cimon was known to be so fond of Sparta that he named one of his sons Lakedaemonios.[1].

Being another city's Proxenos did not preclude taking part in war against that city, should it break out - since the Proxenos' ultimate loyalty was to his own city. However, a Proxenos would naturally try his best to prevent such a war from breaking out and to compose whatever differences were threatening to cause it. And once peace negotiations were on the way, a Proxenos' contacts and goodwill in the enemy city could be profitably used by his city.

The position of Proxenos for a particular city was often hereditary in a particular family.

shindy
noun (pl. shindies) informal 1 a noisy disturbance or quarrel. 2 a large, lively party.

stater
Pronunciation:
\ˈstā-tər, stä-ˈter\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek statēr, literally, a unit of weight, from histanai to cause to stand, weigh — more at stand
Date:
14th century
: an ancient gold or silver coin of the Greek city-states