ἀττικίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀττικός (Attikós) +‎ -ίζω (-ízō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀττῐκίζω • (attĭkízō)

  1. to side or ally with the Athenians
    • 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.62.2:[1]
      ἡμεῖς δὲ μηδίσαι μὲν αὐτοὺς οὔ φαμεν διότι οὐδ’ Ἀθηναίους, τῇ μέντοι αὐτῇ ἰδέᾳ ὕστερον ἰόντων Ἀθηναίων ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας μόνους αὖ Βοιωτῶν ἀττικίσαι.
      hēmeîs dè mēdísai mèn autoùs oú phamen dióti oud’ Athēnaíous, tēî méntoi autēî idéāi hústeron ióntōn Athēnaíōn epì toùs Héllēnas mónous aû Boiōtôn attikísai.
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    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 1.6.13:[2]
      οὐ βουλομένων δὲ τῶν Μηθυμναίων προσχωρεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἐμφρούρων ὄντων Ἀθηναίων, καὶ τῶν τὰ πράγματα ἐχόντων ἀττικιζόντων, προσβαλὼν αἱρεῖ τὴν πόλιν κατὰ κράτος.
      ou bouloménōn dè tôn Mēthumnaíōn proskhōreîn, all’ emphroúrōn óntōn Athēnaíōn, kaì tôn tà prágmata ekhóntōn attikizóntōn, prosbalṑn haireî tḕn pólin katà krátos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to speak or write in Attic Greek, the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀναττῐκός (anattĭkós, alien to the Attic dialect)
  • ἀντιαττῐκιστής (antiattĭkistḗs, anti-Atticist)
  • Ἀτθίς (Atthís)
  • ἀττῐκηρῶς (attĭkērôs, in Attic fashion)
  • ἀττῐ́κισις (attĭ́kisis, Attic style; Atticism)
  • ἀττῐκιστής (attĭkistḗs, speaker of Attic)
  • ἀττῐκιστί (attĭkistí, in the Attic dialect)
  • ἀττῐκοπέρδιξ (attĭkopérdix, Attic partridge)
  • Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós)
  • ἀττῐκουργής (attĭkourgḗs, wrought in Attic fashion)
  • Ἀττῐκωνῐκός (Attĭkōnĭkós)
  • Συραττῐκός (Surattĭkós, Syro-Attic)
  • ὑπαττῐκός (hupattĭkós, somewhat Attic)
  • ὑπεραττῐκός (huperattĭkós, excessively Attic)
  • χρυσαττῐκός (khrusattĭkós, golden Attic)
  • ψευδαττῐκός (pseudattĭkós, false Attic)

Descendants

  • Greek: αττικίζω (attikízo)
  • Greek: αττικίζων (attikízon)

References