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Sybaris
Sybaris (sĬb´ərĬs), ancient city of Magna Graecia, S Italy, in Bruttium, on the Gulf of Tarentum (now Taranto). It was founded in 720 BC by Achaeans and people from Argolis, the Troezenians. It became a wealthy Greek city, and its inhabitants were reputed to live voluptuous lives, hence the word sybaritic. The Troezenians, ejected by the Achaeans, obtained the help of neighboring Crotona and destroyed the city in 510 BC Thurii was supposedly built on the site.
See O. H. Bullitt, Search for Sybaris (1969).
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sybarite
syb·a·rite / ˈsibəˌrīt/ • n. a person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury. DERIVATIVES: syb·a·rit·ism / -rītˌizəm/ n.
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sybarite a person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury. Originally (in the mid 16th century) the word denoted an inhabitant of Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in southern Italy, noted for luxury.
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sybarite XVI. — L. Sybarīta — Gr. Subartēs, f. Súbaris, ancient Greek city of S. Italy, noted for its effeminacy and luxury; see -ITE.
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