σολοικίζω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either from Σόλοι (Sóloi, “Soloi”) in analogy with ἀττικίζω (attikízō, “to act like an Athenian”) or from the adjective σόλοικος (sóloikos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /so.loi̯.kíz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /so.lyˈki.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /so.lyˈci.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /so.lyˈci.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /so.liˈci.zo/
Verb
[edit]σολοικίζω • (soloikízō)
- (literal) to act like a person from the city of Soloi in Cilicia
- to make a large number of obvious grammatical errors while speaking or writing
Inflection
[edit] Present: σολοικίζω, σολοικίζομαι
Derived terms
[edit]- σόλοικος (sóloikos)
Further reading
[edit]- σολοικίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette