Atticize
English
Alternative forms
- (UK) Atticise
Etymology
Verb
Atticize (third-person singular simple present Atticizes, present participle Atticizing, simple past and past participle Atticized) (Ancient Greek)
- (intransitive) To side with the Athenians.
- (intransitive) To use or convert to Attic Greek, or the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
References
- “Atticize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Translations
side with the Athenians
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use the Attic idiom or style
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