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Definition of Attila
1. Noun. King of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453).
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex
Definition of Attila
1. Proper noun. A king of the tribes of Huns. ¹
2. Noun. A short, fringed cape worn as part of the Hungarian traditional costume ¹
3. Noun. Any of the tropical flycatchers of the genus ''Attila'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attila
Literary usage of Attila
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Attila, king and general of the Huns; d. 453. Succeeding in 433 to the kingship
of Scythian hordes disorganized and enfeebled by internal discords, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"This temperate courage dictated his reply to the demands of Attila, who insolently
pressed the payment of the annual tribute. The emperor signified to the ..."
3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"In the reign of Attila,' the Huns again became the terror of the world ...
The Hungarians, who 1 The authentic materials for the history of Attila may be ..."
4. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"How POPE LEO THE GREAT SAVED ROME FROM Attila Prosper, a Christian chronicler,
... Pros- per's account of the meeting of Leo the Great and Attila (452). ..."
5. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1892)
"He wrote (in Greek) a _ history in eight books, ' Of Byzantium and the occurrences
connected with Attila,' which apparently narrated the events between 433 ..."
6. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"Attila before Rome; Pope Leo. —Attila turned upon defenseless Rome ; but the great
... At all events, Attila withdrew from Italy and died shortly after. ..."
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