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Nikephoros in a sentence

Using Nikephoros

  • In the example corpus, nikephoros often appears in combinations such as: nikephoros ii, patriarch nikephoros, and nikephoros.

Context around Nikephoros

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

patriarch 3× emperor 2× though 1× generals 1× general 1× patrarch 1×

Often after:

iii 2× xiphias 1× convened 1× phokas 1× urged 1× ouranos 1× allowed 1×

Sentence patterns with Nikephoros

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

960 1 nikephoros phokas campaign 1× against and nikephoros for 1× barbarians while nikephoros urged the 1× by emperor nikephoros ii phokas 1× byzantine generals nikephoros xiphias and 1× control from nikephoros ii orsini 1× even though nikephoros ii phokas 1× nikephoros at first 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

basically a one 1× despite these troubles 1× even though nikephoros 1× in 1000 the 1× in 806 the 1× in 960 1 1×

Common sentence endings:

accept the treaty 1× and nikephoros for 1× be lax administrators 1× crete to byzantium 1× exiled to bithynia 1× form of artillery 1×

Words around Nikephoros

Just before it in the word index:

nikema 2 nike 720 nikayas 4 nikaya 12 nikaupara 2 nikau 4

Just after it in the word index:

nikes 17 nikesh 4 niketan 7 nikhat 6 nikhil 77 nikhila 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 21 abductees 21 abdulahi 21 abetment 21 abhors 21 ablution 21

Corpus analysis for Nikephoros

  • In this selection, "nikephoros" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, patriarch, emperor, though, iii, xiphias and convened stand out and add context to how "nikephoros" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 960 1 nikephoros phokas campaign and against and nikephoros for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nikephoros" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nikephoros

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In 960/1 Nikephoros Phokas ' campaign successfully restored Crete to Byzantium. (11 words)

In 806, the Patriarch Nikephoros convened a synod to address the case, at which Theodore was present. (17 words)

Nikephoros III Botaneiates was forced into a public vow that he would grant protection to the family. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Nikephoros at first replied to his removal from his office by excommunication, but was at last obliged to yield to force, and was taken to one of the cloisters he had founded, Tou Agathou, and later to that called Tou Hagiou Theodorou. (42 words)

Nikephoros III intended to leave the throne to one of his close relatives, Finlay 1854, p. 59 and this resulted in Maria's ambivalence and alliance with the Komnenoi, though the real driving force behind this political alliance was Anna Dalassena. (41 words)

This movement met with strong opposition from the Patriarch Nikephoros, who himself gathered a group of bishops and abbots about him and swore them to uphold the veneration of images. (30 words)

Example sentences (17)

Theodore and Nikephoros were called before the emperor to debate the legality of punishing heresy by death, Theodore arguing against and Nikephoros for.

Basically a one-man traction trebuchet, it was used by emperor Nikephoros II Phokas around 965 to disrupt enemy formations in the open field.

Despite these troubles, Andronikos III took advantage of a secession crisis in Despotate of Epirus to seize Byzantine control from Nikephoros II Orsini in 1337.

Even though Nikephoros II Phokas and John I Tzimiskes were brilliant military commanders, both had proven to be lax administrators.

In 1000 the Byzantine generals Nikephoros Xiphias and Theodorokanos took the old Bulgarian capital of Great Preslav and the towns of Lesser Preslav and Pliskova.

In 806, the Patriarch Nikephoros convened a synod to address the case, at which Theodore was present.

In 960/1 Nikephoros Phokas ' campaign successfully restored Crete to Byzantium.

In this instance Theodore argued against the exchange, as it would require that Christians be cast to barbarians, while Nikephoros urged the emperor to accept the treaty.

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It was also mentioned in the Taktika of general Nikephoros Ouranos (c. 1000), and listed in De obsidione toleranda (author anonymous) as a form of artillery.

Leo held fast by his plan to revive iconoclasm, and in March 815 the Patrarch Nikephoros was stripped of his office and exiled to Bithynia.

Nikephoros at first replied to his removal from his office by excommunication, but was at last obliged to yield to force, and was taken to one of the cloisters he had founded, Tou Agathou, and later to that called Tou Hagiou Theodorou.

Nikephoros I (early 9th century) noted that Kubrat was the lord of the Onoğundurs; his contemporary Theophanes referred to them as Onoğundur–Bulğars.

Nikephoros III Botaneiates was forced into a public vow that he would grant protection to the family.

Nikephoros III intended to leave the throne to one of his close relatives, Finlay 1854, p. 59 and this resulted in Maria's ambivalence and alliance with the Komnenoi, though the real driving force behind this political alliance was Anna Dalassena.

Theodore and Platon were jailed for 24 days before the Emperor Nikephoros allowed them to return to their congregations.

The priest Joseph was once more defrocked, and Theodore was, at least superficially, reconciled with the Patriarch Nikephoros.

This movement met with strong opposition from the Patriarch Nikephoros, who himself gathered a group of bishops and abbots about him and swore them to uphold the veneration of images.

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Common combinations with nikephoros

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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