Explore Scythianus through 3 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Scythianus in a sentence
Context around Scythianus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scythianus
- In this selection, "scythianus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, became and gained stand out and add context to how "scythianus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about a scythianus who visited and he like scythianus gained only. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scythianus" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scythianus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But he, like Scythianus, gained only one disciple, who was an old woman. (13 words)
Early 3rd and 4th-century Christian writers such as Hippolytus and Epiphanius write about a Scythianus who visited India around 50 AD and brought back "the doctrine of the Two Principles". (31 words)
After a while he died, in consequence of a fall from the roof of a house, and the books which he had inherited from Scythianus became the property of the old woman, who, on her death, bequeathed them to a young man named Corbicius, who had been her slave. (49 words)
After a while he died, in consequence of a fall from the roof of a house, and the books which he had inherited from Scythianus became the property of the old woman, who, on her death, bequeathed them to a young man named Corbicius, who had been her slave. (49 words)
Early 3rd and 4th-century Christian writers such as Hippolytus and Epiphanius write about a Scythianus who visited India around 50 AD and brought back "the doctrine of the Two Principles". (31 words)
But he, like Scythianus, gained only one disciple, who was an old woman. (13 words)
Example sentences (3)
After a while he died, in consequence of a fall from the roof of a house, and the books which he had inherited from Scythianus became the property of the old woman, who, on her death, bequeathed them to a young man named Corbicius, who had been her slave.
But he, like Scythianus, gained only one disciple, who was an old woman.
Early 3rd and 4th-century Christian writers such as Hippolytus and Epiphanius write about a Scythianus who visited India around 50 AD and brought back "the doctrine of the Two Principles".