atticisso

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀττικίζω (attikízō). By surface analysis, Atticus +‎ -isso.

Pronunciation

Verb

atticissō (present infinitive atticissāre, perfect active atticissāvī, supine atticissātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to act in an Athenian manner; to adopt Athenian customs
    • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 11:
      atque adeō hoc argūmentum graecissat, tamen nōn atticissat, vērum sicilicissitat.
      And indeed, the theme is Greek, though it is not Athenian, but rather, it is Sicilian.

Conjugation

References

  • atticisso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • atticisso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • atticisso in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung