Atticism
nounEtymology
From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ττῐκῐσμός (ăttĭkĭsmós). By surface analysis, Attic + -ism.
- borrowed from ᾰ̓ττῐκῐσμός
Definitions
Attachment to, collaboration with, favouring of, or siding with Athens or Athenians,…
Attachment to, collaboration with, favouring of, or siding with Athens or Athenians, especially in the context of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 B.C.E.).
- The ſame Summer, the Thebans demoliſhed the walles of the Theſpians, laying Atticiſme to their charge.
- 〃, § 8.38.3, page 489
- Lysias and his brother were compelled to quit Thurii on the charge of Atticism (of taking the Athenian side in political questions) and they returned to Athens, which was then under the government of the Four Hundred.
The prestige dialect of Classical Greek, as spoken and written by the inhabitants of…
The prestige dialect of Classical Greek, as spoken and written by the inhabitants of Attica (chiefly Athens) in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.; Attic Greek.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA