atticisme

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See also: Atticisme

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

atticisme

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

Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  • (rhetorical and grammatical movement): asianisme

Related terms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

atticisme m (plural atticismes)

  1. Atticism
    Coordinate term: asianisme

Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: attycyzm
  • Romanian: aticism

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