atticisme

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See also: Atticisme

English

Noun

atticisme

  1. (obsolete) Alternative letter-case form of Atticisme

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκῐσμός (Attikismós). By surface analysis, Attica +‎ -isme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑ.tiˈsɪs.mə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: at‧ti‧cis‧me
  • Rhymes: -ɪsmə

Noun

atticisme n (plural atticismes)

  1. (uncountable) a rhetorical and subsequently grammatical movement of the Hellenistic and Roman periods that favoured the Attic rhetorical style and language over the Ancient Greek rhetoric or language of Asia Minor
  2. (countable) an Atticism, an Ancient Greek linguistic phenomenon particular to Attic Greek

Coordinate terms

  • (rhetorical and grammatical movement): asianisme

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Atticismos, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκῐσμός (Attikismós).

Pronunciation

Noun

atticisme m (plural atticismes)

  1. Atticism
    Coordinate term: asianisme

Descendants

  • → Polish: attycyzm
  • → Romanian: aticism

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