Œnophyta

proper noun

Grecian village located in the eastern region of Boeotia.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Oenophyta · alternative Oinofyta

  1. archaicGrecian village located in the eastern region of Boeotia.

    On the ſixty‐ſecond day after the unfortunate action of Tanagra, he met the Bœotian army, much more numerous than his own, at Œnophyta, and gained a complete victory.

    1795, William Mitford, The History of Greece, third edition, chapter XII, § III, page 410-411

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΟἰνόφυτα
  2. EnglishŒnophyta

From Ancient Greek Οἰνόφυτα (Oinóphuta).

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