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CYNOSCEPHALAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
Synonyms:
battle of Cynoscephalae; Cynoscephalae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Thessalia; Thessaly (a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Holonyms ("Cynoscephalae" is a part of...):
Thessalia; Thessaly (a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece)
