How do you use Dicaearchus in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Dicaearchus in a sentence
Using Dicaearchus
- In the example corpus, dicaearchus often appears in combinations such as: that dicaearchus.
Context around Dicaearchus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dicaearchus
- In this selection, "dicaearchus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, writings, regarding, gave and endeavoured stand out and add context to how "dicaearchus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 7a is dicaearchus most famous and aristoxenus and dicaearchus regarding the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dicaearchus" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dicaearchus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In it Dicaearchus endeavoured to prove that the soul was mortal. (11 words)
Strabo says that Dicaearchus (died about 285 BC) did not trust the stories of Pytheas. (15 words)
Writings Dicaearchus was highly esteemed by the ancients as a philosopher and as a man of most extensive information upon a great variety of things. (25 words)
One of the two reports must be basically wrong: either Pythagoras withdrew to Metapontum before the outbreak of the unrest and died there (as Aristoxenus says) or he and his followers were hounded from city to city (as Dicaearchus has it). (41 words)
Diogenes Laertius further states that Dicaearchus gave ten possible names, Hippobotus suggested twelve names, Diogenes Laertius, i. 42 and Hermippus enumerated seventeen possible sages from which different people made different selections of seven. (33 words)
It was formerly attributed to Dicaearchus, but the initial letters of the first twenty-three lines show that it was really the work of one "Dionysius, son of Calliphon". (29 words)
Example sentences (9)
Among his geographical works may be mentioned: *Life of Greece ( Βίος Ἑλλάδος main) – The Bios Hellados, in three books Mirhady 1.7a is Dicaearchus’ most famous work.
Cicero, de Fin. v. 2 According to Walter Burkert (1972) citation :"Most obvious is the contradiction between Aristoxenus and Dicaearchus, regarding the catastrophe that overwhelmed the Pythagorean society.
Diogenes Laertius further states that Dicaearchus gave ten possible names, Hippobotus suggested twelve names, Diogenes Laertius, i. 42 and Hermippus enumerated seventeen possible sages from which different people made different selections of seven.
In it Dicaearchus endeavoured to prove that the soul was mortal.
It was formerly attributed to Dicaearchus, but the initial letters of the first twenty-three lines show that it was really the work of one "Dionysius, son of Calliphon".
One of the two reports must be basically wrong: either Pythagoras withdrew to Metapontum before the outbreak of the unrest and died there (as Aristoxenus says) or he and his followers were hounded from city to city (as Dicaearchus has it).
Strabo says that Dicaearchus (died about 285 BC) did not trust the stories of Pytheas.
There are lastly some other works which are of a grammatical nature, and may be the productions of Dicaearchus, viz. On Alcaeus ( Περὶ Ἀλκαίου main), Athenaeus, xi., xv.
Writings Dicaearchus was highly esteemed by the ancients as a philosopher and as a man of most extensive information upon a great variety of things.
Common combinations with dicaearchus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: