graecisso

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γραικῐ́ζω (graikĭ́zō), equivalent to Graecus +‎ -issō.

Pronunciation

Verb

graecissō (present infinitive graecissāre, perfect active graecissāvī, supine graecissātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to act in a Greek manner; to adopt Greek 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

   Conjugation of graecissō (first conjugation, no passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present graecissō graecissās graecissat graecissāmus graecissātis graecissant
imperfect graecissābam graecissābās graecissābat graecissābāmus graecissābātis graecissābant
future graecissābō graecissābis graecissābit graecissābimus graecissābitis graecissābunt
perfect graecissāvī graecissāvistī graecissāvit graecissāvimus graecissāvistis graecissāvērunt,
graecissāvēre
pluperfect graecissāveram graecissāverās graecissāverat graecissāverāmus graecissāverātis graecissāverant
future perfect graecissāverō graecissāveris graecissāverit graecissāverimus graecissāveritis graecissāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present graecissem graecissēs graecisset graecissēmus graecissētis graecissent
imperfect graecissārem graecissārēs graecissāret graecissārēmus graecissārētis graecissārent
perfect graecissāverim graecissāverīs graecissāverit graecissāverīmus graecissāverītis graecissāverint
pluperfect graecissāvissem graecissāvissēs graecissāvisset graecissāvissēmus graecissāvissētis graecissāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — graecissā — — graecissāte —
future — graecissātō graecissātō — graecissātōte graecissantō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present graecissāre — graecissāns —
future graecissātūrum esse — graecissātūrus —
perfect graecissāvisse — — —
perfect potential graecissātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
graecissandī graecissandō graecissandum graecissandō graecissātum graecissātū

Descendants

  • → German: gräzisieren

References

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