Graecus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

Noun

Graecus m (genitive Graecī, feminine Graeca); second declension

  1. a Greek (person)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Graecus Graecī
genitive Graecī Graecōrum
dative Graecō Graecīs
accusative Graecum Graecōs
ablative Graecō Graecīs
vocative Graece Graecī

Descendants

  • Middle French: Græc
    • French: Græc

References

  • "Graecus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Graecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Graecus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray