Marathonian

[ mar-uh-thoh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Marathon.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Marathon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Marathonian¹

First recorded in 1760–70; Marathon + -ian

Example Sentences

“It was her turn becoming a marathonian,” he previously told IndieWire of Arnold's hiring.

From Fox News

Upon the southern slope of the Acropolis, beneath the limestone precipices and the great golden-brown walls above which the Parthenon shows its white summit, are many ruins; among them the Theater of Dionysus and the Odeum of Herodes Atticus, the rich Marathonian who spent much of his money in the beautification of Athens, and who taught rhetoric to two men who eventually became Roman emperors.

From Project Gutenberg

"I feared you would not come again if I offered you Marathonian fare."

From Project Gutenberg

What? do you imagine that Hercules, whom the very courage which you would try to represent as anger raised to heaven, was angry when he engaged the Erymanthian boar, or the Nemean lion? or was Theseus in a passion when he seized on the horns of the Marathonian bull?

From Project Gutenberg

His next exploit was the destruction of the great Marathonian bull, which ravaged the neighboring country; and shortly after he resolved to deliver the Athenians from the tribute that they were obliged to pay to Minos, King of Crete.

From Project Gutenberg