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| has gloss | (noun) king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC) Pyrrhus |
| has gloss | eng: Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos (Albanian: Pirro; 319-272 BC) was an Illyrian general of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Illyrian tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house (from ca. 297 BC), and later he became King of Epirus (306-302, 297-272 BC) and Macedonia (288-284, 273-272 BC). He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome. Some of his battles, though successful, cost him heavy losses, from which the term Pyrrhic victory was coined. He is the subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives. |
| lexicalization | eng: Pyrrhus |
| instance of | (noun) a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom king, male monarch, Rex |
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| lexicalization | epo: Pirro |
| Ancient Greek (to 1453) | |
| lexicalization | grc: Πύῤῥος |
| Armenian | |
| lexicalization | hye: Պյուռոս |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: Pirro |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: Пирр |
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| similar | e/simple/Pyrrhus |
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