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PRONUNCIATION OF ANACREON

Anacreon  [əˈnækrɪˌɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANACREON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anacreon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANACREON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anacreon

Anacreon

Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets.

Definition of Anacreon in the English dictionary

The definition of Anacreon in the dictionary is ?572–?488 bc, Greek lyric poet, noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANACREON


antinucleon
ˌæntɪˈnjuːklɪˌɒn
anyon
ˈɛnɪˌɒn
baryon
ˈbærɪˌɒn
carry-on
ˈkærɪˌɒn
fenthion
ˈfenθɪˌɒn
fermion
ˈfɜːmɪˌɒn
gnathion
ˈneɪθɪˌɒn
himation
hɪˈmætɪˌɒn
logion
ˈlɒɡɪˌɒn
nucleon
ˈnjuːklɪˌɒn
orarion
ɔːˈreərɪˌɒn
pterion
ˈtɛrɪˌɒn
rhipidion
rɪˈpɪdɪˌɒn
scholion
ˈskəʊlɪˌɒn
septentrion
sɛpˈtɛntrɪˌɒn
Sicyon
ˈsɪsɪˌɒn
synkaryon
sɪnˈkærɪˌɒn
tachyon
ˈtækɪˌɒn
tie-on
ˈtaɪˌɒn
triskelion
trɪˈskɛlɪˌɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANACREON

Anacreontic
Anacreontically
anacruses
anacrusis
anacrustic
anadem
anadiplosis
anadromous
anadyomene
Anadyr

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANACREON

aeon
chameleon
Creon
dungeon
eon
Freon
hereon
luncheon
mezereon
napoleon
neon
nickelodeon
odeon
orpheoreon
pantheon
pigeon
puncheon
surgeon
thereon
whereon

Synonyms and antonyms of Anacreon in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Anacreon» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

阿那克里翁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Anacreonte
570 millions of speakers

English

Anacreon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Anacreon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Anacreon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Анакреонт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Anacreonte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Anacreon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Anacréon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anacreon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anakreon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アナクレオン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Anacreon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anacreon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Anacreon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Anacreon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनाक्रीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Anakrion
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Anacreonte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Anacreon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Анакреонт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Anacreon
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ανακρέων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Anacreon
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Anacreon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Anacreon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Anacreon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANACREON»

The term «Anacreon» is regularly used and occupies the 86.283 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANACREON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Anacreon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANACREON»

Discover the use of Anacreon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Anacreon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Anacreon
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Anacreon Thomas Stanley, 2008
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The Poetics of Imitation: Anacreon and the Anacreontic Tradition
This 1992 book explores the complex poetics of imitation which inspired anacreontic composition for so many centuries in antiquity.
Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, 2006
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Anacreon
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Anacreon Anacreon, Thomas Stanley, 2010
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Anacreon in English, attempted in the metres of the original ...
ANACREON. i.. ON HIS LYRE. J wish to sing th' Atreidse, I wish to tell of Kadmus ; The tones tho' of my harp-strings Will sound of Eros only. The chords I lately altered ; My harp, too, altogether ; And 'gan to sing the labours Of Heracles ; my ...
Anacreon, 1869
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Greek lyric: Anacreon, Anacreontea choral lyric from Olympus ...
The five volumes in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Greek Lyric contain the surviving fragments of solo and choral song.
David A. Campbell, Anacréon, 1988
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore: Odes of Anacreon, ...
Still be Anacreon, still inspire The descant of the Teian lyre : Still let the nectar'd numbers float, Distilling love in every note ! And when some youth, whose glowing soul Has felt the Paphian star's control, When he the liquid lays shall hear, His ...
Thomas Moore, 1854
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The First Twenty-eight Odes of Anacreon: In Greek and in ...
In Greek and in English and in Both Languages, in Prose as Well as in Verse : with Variorum Notes, a Grammatical Analysis and a Lexicon Anacreon, John Broderick Roche. With Cytherea, who inspires Delicious thoughts and warm desires, ...
Anacreon, John Broderick Roche, 1827
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Miscellaneous effusions. Imitations. Tales. Elegiacs and ...
THE following Version of the Odes of ANACREON was the fruit of occasional leisure, written in the intervals of business, amusement, and society, and which certainly occupied the Author not more than a month. They were by no means ...
John Taylor, Anacreon, 1827
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The Works of Thomas Moore: Odes of Anacreon. Little's poems
Here sleeps Anacreon, in this ivied shade ; HeTe, mute in death, the Teian swan is laid. Cold, cold the heart, which lived but to respire All the voluptuous frenzy of desire ! — — the Teian swan is laid.] Thus Horace of Pindar : Multa Dircaeum ...
Thomas Moore, 1823
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Poems on several occasions, written in the manner of ...
The Preface. fieft in their Imitation of Anacreon ; Catullus Cos tied the Delicate Turn of his Thought , the softness, simplicity, and negligence of his Extref- fhm y but' Monsieur Raplh teas us, heis not always Gaiety and good Humour ; but heis not ...
John Oldmixon, 1696

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANACREON»

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8 things you didn't know about the Fourth of July
The tune that Francis Scott Key set the lyrics of the national anthem to came from “To Anacreon in Heaven,” the constitutional song of the ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 15»
2
Star Spangled Banner: Myths and Truths about Our National Anthem
Myth 1: Key penned a poem that someone else later matched with the melody of To Anacreon in Heaven, a song written in England around ... «Greenwich Free Press, Jul 15»
3
Bombs Bursting in Air This Weekend? Be Careful or Leave It to the …
... later set to the tune of a drinking song by John Stafford Smith, 'To Anacreon in Heaven,' and came to be called 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' ". «WAER, Jul 15»
4
What People Are Asking: How did our national anthem come to be?
An amateur poet, Key wrote the lyrics with the intention for them to be sung to a popular tune of the day, “To Anacreon in Heaven.” This English ... «Cecil Whig, Jul 15»
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10 'Star-Spangled' facts: UM expert talks Banner myths, baseball …
He used a well known popular melody—"To Anacreon in Heaven"—as the musical vehicle to express his joy and relief after the U.S. victory at ... «U of M News Service, Jul 15»
6
Celebrating Flag Day 2015
... published Ferdinand Durang, a stage actor in Baltimore, applied the tune of a song of the time entitled, "Anacreon in Heaven" to the poem. «Southeast Missourian, Jun 15»
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Whether 'Grand Old Flag' or 'Old Glory' it's still a cherished symbol
Eventually set to music to the tune of “To Anacreon in Heaven,” a popular British song, the composition became our national anthem on March ... «The Intelligencer, Jun 15»
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Mark L. Hopkins: This Flag Day, remember the riveting history of the …
... first published, Ferdinand Durang, a stage actor in Baltimore, applied the tune of a song of the time titled “Anacreon in Heaven” to the poem. «Carmi Times, Jun 15»
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Baltimore history re-created, thanks to the Travel Channel
... staged a singalong to “To Anacreon in Heaven,” the British drinking song whose tune would be appropriated for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” ... «Baltimore Sun, May 15»
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Reasons to reason
In one situation, the Foundation reduced the fine print of a five-page treaty to two statements: “Obligations of Anacreon to the Empire: None! «Watchdog.org, May 15»

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