Ἀττικισμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀττικίζω (attikízō, “side with the Athenians, speak Attic”, verb) + -μός (-mós, “-ism”, suffix forming abstract nouns)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /at.ti.kiz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /at.ti.kizˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /at.ti.cizˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /at.ti.cizˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ti.cizˈmos/
Noun
Ἀττῐκῐσμός • (Attĭkĭsmós) m (genitive Ἀττῐκῐσμοῦ); second declension
- a siding with Athens, attachment to the Athenian party, loyalty to Athens, Atticism
- Antonym: Μηδῐσμός m (Mēdĭsmós)
- 4th century B.C.E., Inscriptiones Graecae 2².33.6
- (grammar) employment of Attic language or style, (an) Attic expression, (an) Atticism
- Synonym: Ἀττῐ́κῐσῐς f (Attĭ́kĭsĭs)
- Alciphron, Collected Works 2.4
- Alciphron, Collected Works 4.19.1:
- καὶ ἐπῄνεις αὐτῆς τὸν ἐπιχώριον ἀττικισμόν
- kaì epēíneis autês tòn epikhṓrion attikismón
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- καὶ ἐπῄνεις αὐτῆς τὸν ἐπιχώριον ἀττικισμόν
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 543.P., (scholion on the word ποίησον (poíēson)):
- ἀντὶ τοῦ ποιήσεις· ἐστὶ δὲ Ἀττικισμός
- antì toû poiḗseis; estì dè Attikismós
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- ἀντὶ τοῦ ποιήσεις· ἐστὶ δὲ Ἀττικισμός
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 12.971.5–7:
- καὶ τί θαυμαστὸν ὅπου καὶ τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς τις ἐπ’ Ἀττικισμῷ σεμνυνόμενος, ὡς τὸ μόριον αὐτὸ σταφυλὴν ὀνομάζεσθαι.
- kaì tí thaumastòn hópou kaì tôn kath’ hēmâs tis ep’ Attikismōî semnunómenos, hōs tò mórion autò staphulḕn onomázesthai.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- καὶ τί θαυμαστὸν ὅπου καὶ τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς τις ἐπ’ Ἀττικισμῷ σεμνυνόμενος, ὡς τὸ μόριον αὐτὸ σταφυλὴν ὀνομάζεσθαι.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ἀττῐκῐσμός ho Attĭkĭsmós |
τὼ Ἀττῐκῐσμώ tṑ Attĭkĭsmṓ |
οἱ Ἀττῐκῐσμοί hoi Attĭkĭsmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀττῐκῐσμοῦ toû Attĭkĭsmoû |
τοῖν Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖν toîn Attĭkĭsmoîn |
τῶν Ἀττῐκῐσμῶν tôn Attĭkĭsmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀττῐκῐσμῷ tōî Attĭkĭsmōî |
τοῖν Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖν toîn Attĭkĭsmoîn |
τοῖς Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖς toîs Attĭkĭsmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀττῐκῐσμόν tòn Attĭkĭsmón |
τὼ Ἀττῐκῐσμώ tṑ Attĭkĭsmṓ |
τοὺς Ἀττῐκῐσμούς toùs Attĭkĭsmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀττῐκῐσμέ Attĭkĭsmé |
Ἀττῐκῐσμώ Attĭkĭsmṓ |
Ἀττῐκῐσμοί Attĭkĭsmoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αττικισμός (attikismós)
- → Dutch: atticisme
- → English: Atticism
- → Italian: atticismo
- → Latin: Atticismos
Further reading
- “Ἀττῐκισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀττικισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀττικισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀττικισμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)