Æsopian

A form of Aesopian — Related to or concerning the Greek fabulist Aesop.

Meanings

adjectiveÆsopian (comparative more Æsopian, superlative most Æsopian)

comparative more Æsopian · superlative most Æsopian

  1. archaicArchaic form of Aesopian.

    Many of the fables in the Æsopian collection closely observe these rules, and those that do not are probably interpolations in the true Æsopian work.

    1881, Charles Morris, A Manual of Classical Literature, S. C. Griggs and Company; second edition, page 84
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