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At⋅ta⋅lid

[at-l-id]
–noun, plural At⋅tal⋅ids, At⋅tal⋅i⋅dae [uh-tal-i-dee] .
any of a line of kings, usually named Attalus orEumenes, that ruled Pergamum, in Asia Minor, 282–133 b.c.

Origin:
presumably after Attalus (< Gk Áttalos), father ofPhiletaerus (d. 263 b.c.), founder of the kingdom; see -id 1
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