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Calendar year
Year 460 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Sabinus (or, less frequently
460_BC
Roman politician and military figure (c. 519 – c. 430 BC)
historical figure who served as suffect consul in 460 BC and as dictator in 458 BC and (possibly) again in 439 BC. The most famous story related to Cincinnatus
Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus
5th century BC military conflicts
to 451 BC, so the Egyptian campaign dates from c. 460–454 BC. The Cyprian campaign, which directly followed the truce, thus dates to 451–450 BC. The Greco-Persian
Wars_of_the_Delian_League
Series of conflicts in the 5th century BC
and Cyprus. In 466 BC, the League achieved a double victory in the Battle of the Eurymedon, which completely liberated Ionia. By 460 BC, the Athenians led
Greco-Persian_Wars
Anatomical feature on the posterior of some primates
this statue of a boxer. British Museum (c. 460 BC) The Motya Charioteer, from Ancient Greece (c. 460–450 BC) Jean-Jacques Lequeu (c. 1785) Jules Lefebvre
Buttocks
Creature of Greek mythology
500–475 BC, from Crimea Theseus and the Minotaur; black-figure amphora c. 480 BC Theseus fighting the Minotaur; red-figure amphora, c. 460 BC Theseus
Minotaur
Mythological prince of Troy
his hand, on an oinochoe (wine jug) of the Achilles Painter, circa 470–460 BC. An asteroid (6998) has been named after Tithonus. Tithonus has been taken
Tithonus
Ancient Greek goddess
Mourning Athena relief (c. 470-460 BC) Attic red-figure kylix showing Athena slaying the Giant Enceladus (c. 550–500 BC). In the myth, she crushed Enceladus
Athena
510–480 BC) Hanno II, King (480–440 BC) Himilco I, King ((in Sicily) 460–410 BC) Hannibal I, King (440–406 BC) Himilco II, King (406–396 BC) Cyrene Cyrene
List of state leaders in the 5th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_5th_century_BC
Ancient Greek goddess of love
Pistoxenos Painter dating the between c. 470 and 460 BC, showing her riding on a swan or goose. In c. 364/361 BC, the Athenian sculptor Praxiteles carved the
Aphrodite
Member of Odysseus' crew
Odysseus' crew are turned into swines, red-figure lekythos circa 480-460 BC, from Eretria.
Eurylochus
5th century BC Egyptian ruler
Inaros (II), also known as Inarus, (fl. c. 460 BC) was an Egyptian rebel ruler who was the son of an Egyptian prince named Psamtik, presumably of the old
Inaros_II
One hundred years, from 500 BC to 401 BC
support this revolt. 460 BC: Cincinnatus becomes consul of the Roman Republic. 460 BC: Physician Hippocrates is born in Kos, Greece. 460 BC: Udayin succeeds
5th_century_BC
Roman politician and general (died c.460 BC)
Publius Valerius Poplicola (died c. 460 BC) was consul of the Roman Republic in 475 BC and 460 BC, and interrex in 462 BC. Prior to his consulship he was
Publius Valerius Poplicola (consul 475 BC)
Publius_Valerius_Poplicola_(consul_475_BC)
Garment worn by women of Ancient Greece
pomegranate flowers, and maybe a small bag of seeds. Parian marble, c. 470–460 BC. From Pharsalos, Thessaly. Vase showing young woman in a peplos (centre)
Peplos
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
[tʰuːkydǐdɛːs]; c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta
Thucydides
Ancient Greek war (460–445 BC)
The First Peloponnesian War (460–445 BC) was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies, most notably Thebes
First_Peloponnesian_War
Art museum in Munich, Germany
Homer (460 BC), the so-called Munich King (460 BC), who probably represented Hephaestus, the Statue of Diomedes (430 BC), the Medusa Rondanini (440 BC), the
Glyptothek
Personification of victory in Greek mythology
Nike; Goulaki-Voutira, p. 898. Neer, p. 135. For an early example (c. 470–460 BC) see the "Capitoline Nike" (Rome, Capitoline Museums 977: Neer, pp. 135–138;
Nike_(mythology)
Ancient military conflicts
Kailia in 473 BC, the Tarentines were set for battle, this time perhaps on their own terms near the Iapygian city of Hyria. In 460 BC the Tarentines
Iapygian–Tarentine_wars
214-129 BC)[b][c][d][e] Cārvāka, (c. 200-150 BC) Cebes of Thebes, (5th century BC) Chaerephon, (c. 460-c. 400 BC) Chanakya (or Kautilya) (321-296 BC)[d] Chao
List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_centuries_BC
places. 5th c. BC – Greece, Theodorus of Cyrene 5th century – Greece, Antiphon the Sophist 460 BC – 370 BC – Greece, Democritus 460 BC – 399 BC – Greece, Hippias
Timeline_of_mathematics
Greek god of the north wind
as Herse tries to help her sister, Attic red-figure pointed amphora, 470–460 BC. Boreas detail from an Attic red figure pointed amphora. Boreas and fallen
Boreas
Legendary king of Athens
distinguish between him and Erechtheus, his grandson, but by the fourth century BC, during Classical times, they are distinct figures. Erichthonius of uncertain
Erichthonius (son of Hephaestus)
Erichthonius_(son_of_Hephaestus)
Ancient Roman family
his own life. Gaius Claudius Ap. f. M. n. Sabinus Regillensis, consul in 460 BC, the year that Appius Herdonius seized the Capitol. He was a staunch opponent
Claudia_gens
Ancient Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE)
Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, named after his grandfather Hippocrates
Hippocrates
Administrative region of Greece
450-400 BC Silver hemidrachm of Trikka struck 440-400 BC Silver hemidrachm of Thessalian League struck 470-460 BC Bronze coin of Ekkarra struck 325-320 BC Bronze
Thessaly
Personification of the Earth in Greek mythology
Vol I, 460 Persai 618 Farnell, Cults III, p.7-8 Philoktetes 391 Aesch. Danaid. Fr.44 :Nilsson 450 Eurip.Chrysip. fr 839: Nilsson, Vol I p.460 Hesiod,
Gaia
Mythological king of Crete
Amphora showing Theseus slaying the Minotaur, 460 BC. Ref:1837,0609.57 .
Minos
Greek mythology character, daughter of Agenor
Museum of Art, seems to be a Roman copy of a lost Greek original, of c. 460 BC; an uninscribed statuette of the same type, from Hama, Syria, is in the
Europa_(consort_of_Zeus)
Greek mythological figure
1: white-ground cup from Nola, painted by the Tarquinia painter, c. 470–460 BC (British Museum on-line catalogue entry) Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study
Pandora
Mythological battles between the ancient Greeks and the Amazons
at Olympia (460 BC), the temple of Apollo at Bassae (410 BC), the east hill at Selinunte (470 BC), the mausoleum at Halicarnassus (350 BC), and the Artemis
Amazonomachy
Nomadic Iranic people of the Pontic Steppe
*Aryapaiϑah), r. c. 490 – c. 460 BC Scyles (Scythian: *Skula), r. c. 460 – c. 450 BC Octamasadas (Scythian: *Uxtamazatā), r. c. 450 – c. 430 BC Eminakes ? (Scythian:
Scythians
Winged horse in Greek mythology
480–460 BC, from Sicily Silver denarius of Domitian with Pegasus on the reverse, dated 79–80 AD Bronze figurine of a winged horse, sixth century BC Parthian
Pegasus
Concept of an event developing from itself
its attributes. In ancient philosophy, Heraclitus (* around 520 - around 460 BC) was already concerned with the question of becoming (panta rhei). According
Becoming_(philosophy)
Act of killing one's father
killed his father king Dhatusena for the throne. Ajatashatru (r. 492–c. 460 BC), king of Magadha, was killed by his son Udayabhadra. King Chlodoric the
Patricide
the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to the 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent
List of ancient Olympic victors
List_of_ancient_Olympic_victors
Decade
grammarian (d. 460 BC) July, 529 BC—Cyrus the Great, ruler of ancient Persia 528 BC—Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (b. 585 BC) 527 BC—Peisistratos
520s_BC
Classical form of plate armor worn over the male torso
around 470–460 BC. The muscle cuirass is also depicted on Attic red-figure pottery, which dates from around 530 BC and into the late 3rd century BC. From around
Muscle_cuirass
King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 465 to 424 BC
460–454 BC led by Inaros II, who was the son of a Libyan prince named Psamtik, presumably descended from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt. In 460 BC
Artaxerxes_I
caryatid handle, c. 460 BC Golden wreath, 370–360, from southern Italy Silver rhyton for the Thracian market, end 4th century 4th century BC Greek gold and
Ancient_Greek_art
Traditional region of Ancient Greece
Bronze coin of Krannon struck 400–344 BC Hemidrachm coin of Pelinna struck 460–420 BC Photinaion Thessalian League Derived from tessares/pettares "four", from
Ancient_Thessaly
Greek goddess of spring and the queen of the underworld
B Mycenaean Greek inscription on a tablet found at Pylos dated 1400–1200 BC, John Chadwick reconstructed the name of a goddess, *Preswa, who could be
Persephone
Hippocratic bench or scamnum was a device invented by Hippocrates (c. 460 BC–380 BC), which used tension to aid in setting bones. It is a rudimentary form
Hippocratic_bench
Mythological siblings
The Boreads rescuing Phineus from the Harpies, red-figure column-krater by the Leningrad Painter, c. 460 BC, Louvre.
Boreads
Ritual bowl for libation
(510–500 BC, from Eretria, Euboea) Cylix of Apollo, who pours a libation (Attic white-ground kylix, c. 460 BC) Silver phiale with Amazonomachy (430-420 BC, Vassil
Patera
Greek history period from 479 to 431 BC
and the traditional land powers of Greece, led by Sparta. Between 460 BC and 445 BC, Athens fought a shifting coalition of mainland powers in what is
Pentecontaetia
cauterization, stating that the disease has no treatment. Hippocrates (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) described several kinds of cancer, referring to them by the term
History_of_cancer
Museum in Rome, Italy
Albani collection); an Apollo of the Omphalos (from a Greek version of 470-460 BC by the sculptor Calamis; Albani collection); a Hermes (a Roman marble copy
Capitoline_Museums
Calendar year
470 BC) Siddhārtha Gautama (also known as Buddha), founder of Buddhism (approximate date) Thucydides, Greek historian (approximate date) (b. c. 460 BC) Siculus
400_BC
"Painted Porch" in ancient Athens
Portico was a Doric stoa (a covered walkway or portico) erected around 460 BC on the north side of the Ancient Agora of Athens. It was one of the most
Stoa_Poikile
Historic town in Greece
causes of the First Peloponnesian War (460 – c. 445 BC). By the terms of the Thirty Years' Peace of 446–445 BC Megara was forced to return to the Peloponnesian
Megara
446/445 BC treaty between Athens and Sparta
in 446/445 BC. The treaty brought an end to the conflict commonly known as the First Peloponnesian War, which had been raging since c. 460 BC. The purpose
Thirty_Years'_Peace
Decade
This article concerns the period 469 BC – 460 BC. The island of Naxos wishes to secede from the Delian League, but is blockaded by Athens and forced to
460s_BC
Ancient sculpture from Locri, Italy
phase between the Archaic and Early Classical styles of Greek art, circa 460 BC. Currently, it resides in the Museo Nazionale Romano of Palazzo Altemps
Ludovisi_Throne
28th BC – 27th BC – 26th BC – 25th BC – 24th BC – 23rd BC – 22nd BC – 21st BC – 20th BC – 19th BC – 18th BC – 17th BC – 16th BC – 15th BC – 14th BC – 13th
Timeline_of_ancient_history
City-state in ancient Greece
troops and a number of helots. There was at least one helot revolt (c. 465–460 BC) that led to prolonged conflict. By the tenth year of this war the Spartans
Sparta
Shapeshifting and out-of-body manifestations in Nordic folklore
Dolon is wearing a wolfskin. Attic red-figure vase, c. 460 BC.
Hamr_(folklore)
Attic red-figure oinochoe (wine jug)
a wine jug attributed to the circle of the Triptolemos Painter made ca. 460 BC, which is now in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (1981.173) in
Eurymedon_vase
Festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens
place 4?? BC - Mesatus 463 BC - Aeschylus (The Suppliants) 460 BC - Aristias 458 BC - Aeschylus (The Oresteia); Sophocles took 2nd place 449 BC - Herakleides
Dionysia
Ancient Greek royal figure
Demophon (?) freeing Aethra, Attic white-ground kylix, 470–460 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen.
Aethra_(mother_of_Theseus)
Greek medical text, c. 450–400 BCE
thought and practice. Traditionally associated with Hippocrates, (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) the father of Western medicine, philological evidence now suggests
On_Ancient_Medicine
Ancient monuments in Greece
from Ligourio dated by TL and OSL gave concordant ages of 3000±250 BC and 660±200 BC respectively. This time frame would date construction of these structures
Greek_pyramids
Calendar year
Greek philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. 460 BC) Hippocrates of Cos, Greek physician (b. c. 460 BC) Jason of Pherae, ruler of Thessaly Duigan, Brian
370_BC
5th-century BC Sabine chieftain
Herdonius (died 460 BC) was a Sabine who led an uprising against Rome at the head of slaves and exiles. With his troops, he managed, in 460 BC, to seize the
Appius_Herdonius
Association of ancient Greek city-states under Athenian hegemony
turning from an alliance into an empire. War with the Persians continued. In 460 BC, Egypt revolted under local leaders the Hellenes called Inaros and Amyrtaeus
Delian_League
King of Macedon from c. 498/497 to 454 BC
Alexander I (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; died 454 BC), also known as Alexander the Philhellene (Ancient Greek: φιλέλλην; lit. 'Supporter
Alexander_I_of_Macedon
Relief of Athena in Athens, Greece
Σκεπτομένη Αθηνά "Pensive Athena") is an Athenian marble relief dated circa 460 BC which depicts Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and patron-deity
Mourning_Athena
Etruscan town and port in Latium
around 470-460 BC also on the initiative of the City of Caere to reaffirm its dominion after being defeated by the Syracusans at Cumae in 474 BC. It was
Pyrgi
Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)
Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people"; c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Abdera, primarily
Democritus
Ancient Greek bladed weapon
very infrequently from c. 530 BC, though their depiction is increasingly common on 'red figure' ceramics from c. 510 BC onwards. The makhaira depicted
Makhaira
Character in Greek mythology
Theseus and Procrustes, Attic red-figure neck-amphora, 470–460 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2325)
Procrustes
Ancient women's sports festival in Olympia
BC, but the earliest cultic activity at the site appears to centre around the cult of Zeus; the cult of Hera was certainly in place by about 600 BC,
Heraean_Games
Vascular structures in the anal canal
linen there-with and place in the anus, that he recovers immediately." In 460 BC, the Hippocratic corpus discusses a treatment similar to modern rubber band
Hemorrhoid
Ancient Greek architect
Libon was a 5th-century BC architect of Ancient Greece. Born in Elis, he built the Doric Temple of Zeus at Olympia in about 460 BC. Chisholm 1911. Pausanias
Libon_(architect)
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. Bryce, Trevor (2005). The Kingdom of the
List_of_wars:_before_1000
National museum in London, England
BC) Fragments from a large bronze equestrian statue of the Taranto Rider, southern Italy (480–460 BC) Chatsworth Apollo Head, Tamassos, Cyprus (460 BC)
British_Museum
Athenian politician (c. 460 – 403 BC)
Critias (/ˈkrɪtiəs/; Ancient Greek: Κριτίας, Kritias; c. 460 – 403 BC) was an ancient Athenian poet, philosopher and political leader. He is known today
Critias
460 BC. Competitive trading leads to the destruction of Thronion by Apollonia. 460 BC. Opis of the Iapyges falls in battle against Taranto. 440 BC. Brindidi
Timeline_of_Illyrian_history
health and harmony and an untroubled life (84–88). The victory belongs to 460 BC. In the following year Aegina, the island of the boy-wrestler, Alcimedon
Olympian_8
5th-century BC Athenian politician and father of Alcibiades
Κλεινίας, c. 480 – 447 BC), was a prominent Athenian. His father, Alcibiades, had been proxenos of Sparta, and was ostracised in 460 BC. He married Deinomache
Cleinias
Ancient city on the Ionian Sea
century BC). According to many scholars, the Ludovisi Throne comes from the temple of Marasà. Furthermore, a fragment of pínax from 470–460 BC (currently
Epizephyrian_Locris
Topics referred to by the same term
circa 460-before 394 BC) a Greek historian and general of ancient Athens. Thucydides may also refer to: Thucydides, son of Melesias (5th century BC), prominent
Thucydides_(disambiguation)
Cylindrical box from the classical world
dated around the 5th and 4th centuries BC and the Type III: High Concave-sided pyxis dated ca. late 7th century BC Pyxis made out of "Egyptian faience"
Pyxis_(vessel)
Profession that helps a disabled person function in everyday life
massage, manual therapy techniques and hydrotherapy to treat people in 460 BC. In the book "De Arte Gymnastica" (The Art of Gymnastics, published in 1569)
Physical_therapy
Animal fighting game in India
was introduced into Ancient Greece in the time of Themistocles (c. 524–460 BC). For a long time the Romans affected to despise this "Greek diversion"
Cockfighting_in_India
Mythological human with acquired ability to transform into a wolflike creature
truth. The tale was also mentioned by Pomponius Mela. In the second century BC, the Greek geographer Pausanias related the story of King Lycaon of Arcadia
Werewolf
Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture
B.M. 1881,0528.1, from Nola, painted by the Tarquinia painter, ca 470–460 BC (British Museum on-line catalogue entry) Hesychius of Alexandria s.v. Scholiast
Demeter
Chronic disease caused by bacterial infection
Symptoms consistent with leprosy were possibly described by Hippocrates in 460 BC. However, Hansen's disease probably did not exist in Greece or the Middle
Leprosy
Topics referred to by the same term
India Udayin or Udayabhadra, king of Magadha in ancient India (r. 460 BC – 444 BC) Udaya Manikya, a 16th-century king of Tripura Kingdom in India Oudaya
Udaya
Matter with biological processes
forms of life are caused by an appropriate mixture of elements. Democritus (460 BC) was an atomist; he thought that the essential characteristic of life was
Life
Amazonian queen in Greek mythology
Memnon was described in detail. The Aethiopis was published in the 8th century BC and is attributed to Arctinus of Miletus. The main character of the epic is
Penthesilea
Ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
Odyssey, 11.567 (7th century BC) Pindar, Olympian Odes, 1 (476 BC) Sophocles, Electra, 504 (430 – 415 BC) & Oenomaus, Fr. 433 (408 BC) Euripides, Orestes, 12–16
Poseidon
Pre-historic burial site in Bulgaria
The oldest gold treasure and jewelry in the world, dating from 4600 BC to 4200 BC, was discovered at the site. Several prehistoric Bulgarian finds are
Varna_Necropolis
Eurypontid king of Sparta from 469/8 to 427/6 BC
War, which had been raging since c. 460 BC. (with the possible exception of a 5-years peace established in 451 BC). During the negotiations that preceded
Archidamus_II
Craft of making objects from clay
500 BC), the Russian Far East (14,000 BC), Sub-Saharan Africa (9,400 BC), South America (9,000s–7,000s BC), and the Middle East (7,000s–6,000s BC). Pottery
Pottery
Late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek dramatist and philosopher
Ancient Greek: Ἐπίχαρμος ὁ Κῷος), thought to have lived between c. 550 and c. 460 BC, was a Greek dramatist and philosopher who is often credited with being
Epicharmus_of_Cos
Blood sport between domesticated roosters
was introduced into Ancient Greece in the time of Themistocles (c. 524–460 BC). For a long time the Romans affected to despise this "Greek diversion"
Cockfighting
Greek goddess of the dawn
τέττιξ, tettix). In the account of Hieronymus of Rhodes from the third century BC, the blame is shifted from Eos and onto Tithonus, who asked for immortality
Eos
Raised body temperature caused by disease
room have a fever. A number of types of fever were known as early as 460 BC to 370 BC when Hippocrates was practicing medicine including that due to malaria
Fever
460 BC
460 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cambridgeshire called Duxford, recorded c. 960 as Dukeswrthe ‘enclosure (Old English wor{dh}) of a man called Duc(c)’.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : there are two sources for this character for Wen, which also means ‘warm’. One is a territory named Wen, and the other an area named Wenyi. Descendants of rulers of these areas adopted Wen as their surname.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘literature’. Its origin, however, is from the given name of an ancient personage called Wen.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘hear’. During the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), in the state of Lu there existed a man who has a supplementary name, Wenren. His descendants adopted the first character of his name, Wen, as their surname.English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval French form of the Latin personal name Sabinus or its feminine form Sabina, originally an ethnic name for a member of an ancient Italic people of central Italy, whose name is of uncertain origin. According to legend, in the 8th century bc the Romans slaughtered the Sabine menfolk and carried off the women. More influential as far as name-giving is concerned was the existence of several Christian saints bearing this name. The masculine name was borne by at least ten early saints (martyrs and bishops), but as a given name the feminine form was always more popular.Jewish : probably also an Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish name.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan).Chinese : from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan (see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei, who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia (1879–1849 bc). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.Chinese : there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.Chinese : variant of Lang.Cambodian : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France, such as Belleu (Aisne), named in Old French with bel ‘beautiful’ + l(i)eu ‘place’, or from Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle), which is named with Old French bel ‘lovely’ + ewe ‘water’ (Latin aqua), or from Bellou (Calvados), which is probably named with a Gaulish word meaning ‘watercress’. Compare French Beaulieu.In 1651 a Major William Bellew was granted 406 acres of land in Henrico Co., VA. In 1652 Lieut. Col. Bellew (possibly the same man), with another, was granted 1050 acres in James City Co.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the personal name Horace, Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of unknown origin, associated chiefly with the name of the poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 bc).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Wren.Dutch (de Ren) : origin unexplained.Variant spelling of German Renn.Swedish : soldier’s name, from ren ‘reindeer’.Chinese : from the name of Rencheng ‘Ren City’, which was granted to Yu Yang, the 25th son of the Emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 bc). Some of his descendants later adopted the place name as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
French (Jérôme) and English
French (Jérôme) and English : from the medieval
personal name Jérôme (French), Jerome (English),
from Greek HierÅnymos (see Hieronymus). This achieved
some popularity in France and elsewhere, being bestowed in honor of St
Jerome (?347–420), creator of the Vulgate, the standard Latin
version of the Bible.English (of Norman origin) : from a personal
name, Gerram, composed of the Germanic elements gÄr, gÄ“r ‘spear’ + hraban ‘raven’.A Jerome is recorded in Montreal in 1655 with the secondary
surnames Beaune and Leblanc. Another bearer of the name,
from Brittany, is recorded in Montreal in 1705 with the secondary
surname
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Nye.Chinese : from the name of Nie City, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). It was granted to a son of a duke of the state of Qi; his descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, so named from Old English hlinc ‘hillside’, or from either of two places in Norfolk and Lincolnshire named Ling, from Old Norse lyng ‘ling’, ‘heather’. There is also a Lyng in Somerset, so named from Old English lengen ‘long place’.German : variant of Link.Chinese : from a word meaning ‘ice’. In ancient times, the imperial palace was able to enjoy ice in the summer by storing winter ice in a cellar, entrusting its care to an official called the iceman. This post was once filled during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) by a descendant of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who had been granted the state of Wei soon after the establishment of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of this particular iceman adopted the word for ice, ling, as their surname.
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English (London) : patronymic from the personal name Piers (see Pierce).North German : patronymic from the personal name Pier, a variant of Peer, reduced form of Peter.Born in Yorkshire, England, Abraham Pierson (1609–78) was the first pastor of the settlements at Southampton, Long Island, NY; Branford, CT, and Newark, NJ. He left his library of more than 400 books, one of the most extensive in the colonies, to his son Abraham, who was one of the first trustees of Yale College.
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English : unexplained. Probably of Anglo-Norman French origin; it is said to be from a place called Malbanc.Peter Malbone, born in 1633, married Sarah Godfrey in Norfolk Co., VA. The name Mallabone has been in Warwickshire, England, for over 400 years.
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English : regional name for someone from Burgundy (Old French Bourgogne), a region of eastern France having Dijon as its center. The area was invaded by the Burgundii, a Germanic tribe from whom it takes its name, in about ad 480. The duchy of Burgundy, created in 877 by Charles II, King of the West Franks, was extremely powerful in the later Middle Ages, especially under Philip the Bold (1342–1404, duke from 1363).
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Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
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Rules all. The historical Gothic king who plundered Rome in A.D. 410.
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English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Pink.Chinese : there are two sources of this name, which also means ‘peace’. One is the name of a senior minister of the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), who was posthumously named Yan Pingzhong. The other source is a city called Ping in the state of Han during the Warring States period (403–221 bc). It was granted to a marquis whose descendants adopted the place name as their surname.
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English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schum.Chinese : (Pinyin Cen) this surname was derived from an area so named during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).
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Chinese
Chinese : from the place name Pan, which existed in the state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty. Bi Gonggao, fifteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, was granted a state named Wei when the Zhou dynasty came to power in 1122 bc (see Feng 1). Bi Gonggao in turn granted the area called Pan to one of his sons, whose descendants eventually adopted Pan as their surname. This name is also Romanized as Poon, Pun, and Pon.Korean : There are two Chinese characters for this surname; only one of them, however, is common enough to warrant treatment here. There are three clans which use this character: the KisÅng (also called the KÅje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yÅng. The founding ancestors of these clans were KoryÅ (918–1392) figures, and it is widely believed that they were related.Spanish and southern French (Occitan) : metonymic occupational name for a baker or a pantryman, from Spanish and Occitan pan ‘bread’ (Latin panis).English and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who cast pans, from Middle English, Middle Dutch panne ‘pan’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish pan ‘lord’, ‘master’, ‘landowner’, hence a nickname for a haughty person.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling or translation of German Pfann (North German Pann).
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Australian, Danish, French, German, Teutonic
People's Ruler
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Afghan, African, Australian, Swahili
Liberal; Generous; From Swahili
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Indian, Sanskrit
Easily Pleased; Lord Shiva
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English : from a medieval personal name, a variant of Ralph.English : topographic name for someone who lived at a row (a hedgerow or a row of houses), from northern Middle English raw ‘row’, Old English rÄw.
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, The Good Sebek.
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n.
Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
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A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
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Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
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A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
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Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.
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A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.
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The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents.
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A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
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A money of account in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d. sterling. or 60 cts.
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An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.
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A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.
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A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.
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Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic.
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A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.
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A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.
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A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
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The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.
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The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0¡ Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
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Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.