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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Paridae .
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Examples
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The Poecile was a portico; portico in Greek is _stoa_, hence the name of Stoic.
Initiation into Philosophy ��mile Faguet 1881
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Portico called Poecile at Athens, in the Propylaea of the Acropolis, in the Temple of Theseus, and in the Temple of the Dioscuri at Athens.
The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852
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Mystery bird: Carolina chickadee, Poecile carolinensis
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I should think it is near her hour for coming back from the Academy, and taking her walk in the Poecile; she is very regular; to be sure, here she comes.
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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Poecile, and there found a great crowd gathered; there were some inside the Portico, a large number outside, and a few seated on the benches vociferating as loud as they could.
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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Noticing near the Poecile a statue minus a hand, he said it had taken Athens a long time to get up a bronze to Cynaegirus.
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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Ah, he must be your brother, Hermes, who stands in the Market by the Poecile; I see he is all over pitch; that is what comes of having casts taken of you every day.
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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I must be off to the Poecile, to let the philosophers loitering there know the luck they are in.
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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In extreme youth he opened a school at Athens in the Poecile.
Initiation into Philosophy ��mile Faguet 1881
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At length he set up a school of his own in the celebrated _Stoa {229} Poecile_
A Short History of Greek Philosophy John Marshall 1880
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