diasporae
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek δῐᾰσποραί (diasporaí), plural of δῐᾰσπορᾱ́ (diasporā́).
Noun edit
diasporae
- plural of diaspora
- 1928, S. Angus, The Mystery-Religions: A Study in the Religious Background of Early Christianity, republication of the second edition, Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 17:
- From this time date the diasporae of all the Eastern peoples—Jews, Syrians, Persians, Egyptians—which became so active in proselytizing propaganda in the Roman Empire.
- 1942, C. A. Macartney, “Chap. I. The Danube Valley”, in Problems of the Danube Basin, Cambridge at the Cambridge University Press, page 5:
- Several of the nations consist solely of diasporae.
- 1966, Publishers Weekly, volume 189, page 81, column 2:
- Beginning in antiquity, it narrates wars, wanderings, the diasporae, rebellions, persecutions, individual and collective triumphs and survivals.