troy
troy (tro̵i)
adjective
by or in troy weight
Troy (tro̵i)
ancient Phrygian city in Troas, NW Asia Minor: scene of the Trojan War
Etymology: after ancient Troy
city in E N.Y., on the Hudson: pop. 49,000Etymology: after ancient Troy
city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 81,000
Etymology: L troja < Gr Trōïa, after Trōs, father of Ilos: see Iliad
Converse of object
- see: Big deal: You ought to go see this troy of the former Yugoslavia with all its allegories and sub-plots, brawls and sprawls.
Modifies a noun
- ounce: We have also only included coins which contain a simple fraction of a troy ounce of gold.
- oz: Weight of tea set 30 troy oz, teapot stand is fitted with wood base.
- pound: In 1824 the troy pound was defined or confirmed.
- weight: Precious metals are measured in troy weight, in which one pound equals 12 ounces.
- system: In this respect, the troy system is superior to the avoirdupois system.
- sibelius: Month on their troy sibelius geico insurance number phone an offers a monthly.
Noun used with modifier
The little sardine men crammed in a monster toy Who tilt their aggregate beast against our crumbling Troy.
Iam seges est ubi Troia fuit. Now there are cornfields whereTroy once was.
It is as if Homer not only chronicled the siege of Troy, but conducted the siege as well. As if Shakespeare set his play writing aside to lead the English against the Armada.
So cruel prison how could betide, alas, As proud Windsor? Where I in lust and joy With a king's son my childish years did pass In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy.
Arma virumque cano,Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit Litora. Thisis a tale of arms and of a man.Fated to be an exile, he wasthe first tosail fromtheland of Troyand reach Italy, at its Lavinian shore.
Conticuere omnes intentique ora tenebant Inde toro paterAeneas sic orsus ab alto. They fell silent, every one, and each face was turned intently towards him. From high on the dais Aeneas, Troy's Chieftain, began to speak.
Tell me, Muse, of the man of many ways, who was driven far journeys, after he had sacked Troy's sacred citadel. Many were they whose cities he saw, whose minds he learned of, many the pains he suffered in his spirit on the wide sea, struggling for his own life and the homecoming of his companions.
What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness made simple as a fire, With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there anotherTroy for her to burn?
What's not destroyed byTime's devouring hand? Where'sTroy, and where's the Maypole in the Strand?
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