Mantinean

Part of speech: adjective, noun

Definitions

1. Relating to Mantinea, an ancient city-state in the Peloponnese region of Arcadia ; a person born in or living in that ancient Greek city
2. Pertaining to the ancient Arcadian city of Mantinea in Greece ; referring to someone who was a citizen or resident of that place
3. Of or connected with Mantinea, a historic Greek polis in Arcadia ; a man or woman who came from that ancient settlement

Etymology: Mantinean is a demonym for a person from Mantinea, an ancient city in the Arcadia region of the central Peloponnese in Greece. The name is built straightforwardly: the place name Mantinea plus the suffix "-an," the same ending that turns Rome into Roman or America into American. Because the city was a notable rival of Sparta and was the site of major battles in the classical period, the term is most often encountered in discussions of Greek history, where it refers to the people of Mantinea or things associated with them.