STOICS
\stˈə͡ʊɪks], \stˈəʊɪks], \s_t_ˈəʊ_ɪ_k_s]\
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(Hist.) A well-known body of Greek philosophers; so called from the Stoa, or porch, in Athens, where their founder, Zenon (Zeno), B. C. 300, gave his lectures ; noted for the austere severity of their system. They were especially opposed to the Epicureans.
By Henry Percy Smith
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.