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Definition: Pyrrhic Victory |
Pyrrhic VictoryNoun1. A victory that is won by incurring terrible losses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Pyrrhic Victory (A). A ruinous victory. Pyrrhus, after his victory over the Romans, near the river Siris, said To those sent to congratulate him, "One more such victory and Pyrrhus is undone." "The railway companies see that in fighting their customers they gain but a very Pyrrhic sort of victory."- Newspaper article, Feb. 13th, 1893. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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This refers to the Battle of Ausculum (Ascoli Satriano, in Apulia). in 279 BCE, when the Epirote King Pyrrhus, aiding the Tarentines, defeated the Romans but with severe casualties. After the battle, Pyrrhus is recorded to have commented: "If we win another such a battle against the Romans, we will be completely lost" (Plutarch, Pyrrhus 21,14).
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| Language | Translations for "Pyrrhic victory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fitore e kushtueshme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пирова победа. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | victoire la pyrrhus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πύρρειοσ νίκη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pirrhuszi gyõzelem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yrrhicpay ictoryvay пиррова победа. (various references) pirova pobeda. (various references) pyrrhusseger. (various references) gerçekte bir felâket olan zafer, görünüşteki zafer, büyük kayıplarla elde edilen zafer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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-5 letters: cirrhotic. | |
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