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Selinus is an English word starting with the letter S. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.

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Selinus in a sentence

Using Selinus

  • In the example corpus, selinus often appears in combinations such as: of selinus.

Context around Selinus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

river 1× god 1× name 1×

Often after:

modione 1× oppidum 1× seventh 1× came 1× siege 1×

Sentence patterns with Selinus

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

at the selinus siege 1× away in selinus and that 1× buildings of selinus came 1× city of selinus by the 1× destruction of selinus in 409 1× ephebe of selinus around selinus 1× far as selinus before he 1× foundation of selinus seventh century 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a figure standing 1× after the destruction 1× elizabeth speller p 1× later they asked 1× of the two 1× pliny the elder 1×

Common sentence endings:

of the city 2× can be identified 1× hands of carthage 1× of selinus came 1× of their temples 1× the main one 1×

Words around Selinus

Just before it in the word index:

selinuntines 5 selinunte 7 selinsgrove 4 selinon 2 selinger 7 selina 80

Just after it in the word index:

selinux 21 selipsky 4 selita 3 selja 5 seljuk 19 seljuks 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Selinus

  • In this selection, "selinus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, river, god, name, modione, oppidum and seventh stand out and add context to how "selinus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at the selinus siege and away in selinus and that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "selinus" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with selinus

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

The Necropoleis Ephebe of Selinus Around Selinus some areas used as necropoleis can be identified. (15 words)

After the destruction of Selinus in 409, this area of the city was not reinhabited. (15 words)

They were the stone quarries from which the material for the buildings of Selinus came. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Elizabeth Speller, p. 25 In a telltale sign, it has been discovered that Trajan's young manservant Phaedimus died in his late twenties a few days after Trajan's passing away, in Selinus, and that his body was interred in Rome only twelve years later. (45 words)

Tucidides, II, 76. The first use of rams within the actual Mediterranean Basin, featuring in this case the simultaneous employment of siege towers to shelter the rammers from attack, occurred on the island of Sicily in 409 BC, at the Selinus siege. (42 words)

There have not been systematic excavations in the area, but there have been some soundages, which have confirmed that the area was inhabited from the foundation of Selinus (seventh century BC0 and therefore was not a later expansion of the city. (41 words)

Example sentences (12)

Of the two ports of Selinus, which are both now silted up, the West Port on the River Selinus-Modione was the main one.

The Necropoleis Ephebe of Selinus Around Selinus some areas used as necropoleis can be identified.

A figure standing on some coins is the river-god Selinus, who was thus made conducive to the salubrity of the city.

After the destruction of Selinus in 409, this area of the city was not reinhabited.

Elizabeth Speller, p. 25 In a telltale sign, it has been discovered that Trajan's young manservant Phaedimus died in his late twenties a few days after Trajan's passing away, in Selinus, and that his body was interred in Rome only twelve years later.

Later they asked Carthage for help, leading to the total destruction of the city of Selinus by the hands of Carthage.

Pliny the Elder mentions its name (Selinus oppidum iii. 8. s. 14 ), as if it still existed as a town in his time, but Strabo distinctly classes it with extinct cities.

Regensburg: 2010, page 401. Trajan only got as far as Selinus before he became too ill to go further.

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The best examples of the distinctive archaic artistic style of Selinus are the metopes (most of which are discussed above in the context of their temples).

There have not been systematic excavations in the area, but there have been some soundages, which have confirmed that the area was inhabited from the foundation of Selinus (seventh century BC0 and therefore was not a later expansion of the city.

They were the stone quarries from which the material for the buildings of Selinus came.

Tucidides, II, 76. The first use of rams within the actual Mediterranean Basin, featuring in this case the simultaneous employment of siege towers to shelter the rammers from attack, occurred on the island of Sicily in 409 BC, at the Selinus siege.

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Common combinations with selinus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of selinus 7×

Frequently asked questions

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