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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiote Ancient Greek Γραικίζω (Graikízō), equivalent to Graecus + -issō. Attested since Plautus.
Pronunciation
Verb
graecissō (present infinitive graecissāre, perfect active graecissāvī, supine graecissātum); first conjugation
- to act in a Greek manner; to adopt Greek customs or speech
c. 200 BCE,
Plautus,
Menaechmi 11:
- atque adeō hoc argūmentum graecissat, tamen nōn atticissat, vērum sicilicissitat.
- And by the way, this argument sounds kind of Greek, though not Attic Greek, but rather Sicilian.
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