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IPSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ipsus mean?
• IPSUS (noun)
The noun IPSUS has 1 sense:
1. a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
Familiarity information: IPSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
battle of Ipsus; Ipsus
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Anatolia; Asia Minor (a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey)
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