CYNOSCEPHALAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cynoscephalae mean? 

• CYNOSCEPHALAE (noun)
  The noun CYNOSCEPHALAE has 2 senses:

1. the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians

2. the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece

  Familiarity information: CYNOSCEPHALAE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYNOSCEPHALAE (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Cynoscephalae; Cynoscephalae

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)