γραικύλος

Greek

Etymology

From Latin Graeculus, diminutive of Graecus. The term was used in an ironical manner during the Byzantine Empire, by Greeks, to denote non-Greeks living within the Empire and which were trying to behave as Greeks.

Noun

γραικύλος • (graikýlos) m (plural γραικύλοι)

1. a Greek which is unworthy of the national traditions
2. the deposed or decadent Greek
3. a Greek submitted to strangers, foreign interests

Declension

Declension of γραικύλος

	singular	plural
nominative	γραικύλος •	γραικύλοι •
genitive	γραικύλου •	γραικύλων •
accusative	γραικύλο •	γραικύλους •
vocative	γραικύλε •	γραικύλοι •

Derived terms

• γραικυλισμός m (graikylismós)

Related terms

• see: Γραικός m (Graikós, “a Greek man”)

See also

• ανθέλληνας m (anthéllinas)
• μισέλληνας m (miséllinas)
• Ελληνάρας m (Ellináras)