Ἀττικισμός

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Ἀττῐκῐ́ζω (Attikízō, “side with the Athenians, speak Attic”, verb) +‎ -μός (-mós, “-ism”, suffix forming abstract nouns)

Pronunciation edit

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /at.ti.kiz.mós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /at.ti.kizˈmos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /at.ti.cizˈmos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /at.ti.cizˈmos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ti.cizˈmos/

Noun edit

Ἀττῐκῐσμός • (Attikismós) m (genitive Ἀττῐκῐσμοῦ); second declension

a siding with Athens, attachment to the Athenian party, loyalty to Athens, Atticism
Antonym: Μηδῐσμός m (Mēdismós)
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.64
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.133
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.38
- 4th century B.C.E., Inscriptiones Graecae 2².33.6
(grammar) employment of Attic language or style, (an) Attic expression, (an) Atticism
Synonym: Ἀττῐ́κῐσῐς f (Attíkisis)
- Alciphron, Collected Works 2.4
- Alciphron, Collected Works 4.19.1:
  καὶ ἐπῄνεις αὐτῆς τὸν ἐπιχώριον ἀττικισμόν
  kaì epḗineis autês tòn epikhṓrion attikismón
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 543.P., (scholion on the word ποίησον (poíēson)):
  ἀντὶ τοῦ ποιήσεις· ἐστὶ δὲ Ἀττικισμός
  antì toû poiḗseis; estì dè Attikismós
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 12.971.5–7:
  καὶ τί θαυμαστὸν ὅπου καὶ τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς τις ἐπ’ Ἀττικισμῷ σεμνυνόμενος, ὡς τὸ μόριον αὐτὸ σταφυλὴν ὀνομάζεσθαι.
  kaì tí thaumastòn hópou kaì tôn kath’ hēmâs tis ep’ Attikismôi semnunómenos, hōs tò mórion autò staphulḕn onomázesthai.
- 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 4.19.1
- c. 95 CE, Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory 6.3.107

Declension edit

Second declension of ὁ Ἀττῐκῐσμός; τοῦ Ἀττῐκῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀττῐκῐσμός ho Attikismós	τὼ Ἀττῐκῐσμώ tṑ Attikismṓ	οἱ Ἀττῐκῐσμοί hoi Attikismoí
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀττῐκῐσμοῦ toû Attikismoû	τοῖν Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖν toîn Attikismoîn	τῶν Ἀττῐκῐσμῶν tôn Attikismôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀττῐκῐσμῷ tôi Attikismôi	τοῖν Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖν toîn Attikismoîn	τοῖς Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖς toîs Attikismoîs
Accusative	τὸν Ἀττῐκῐσμόν tòn Attikismón	τὼ Ἀττῐκῐσμώ tṑ Attikismṓ	τοὺς Ἀττῐκῐσμούς toùs Attikismoús
Vocative	Ἀττῐκῐσμέ Attikismé	Ἀττῐκῐσμώ Attikismṓ	Ἀττῐκῐσμοί Attikismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants edit

→ English: Atticism
→ Dutch: atticisme
Greek: αττικισμός (attikismós)
→ Italian: atticismo
→ Latin: Atticismos