Ἀττικισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

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

a siding with Athens, attachment to the Athenian party, loyalty to Athens, Atticism
Antonym: Μηδῐσμός m (Mēdĭsmós)
- 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 (Attĭ́kĭsĭs)
- 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

Second declension of ὁ Ἀττῐκῐσμός; τοῦ Ἀττῐκῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀττῐκῐσμός ho Attĭkĭsmós	τὼ Ἀττῐκῐσμώ tṑ Attĭkĭsmṓ	οἱ Ἀττῐκῐσμοί hoi Attĭkĭsmoí
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀττῐκῐσμοῦ toû Attĭkĭsmoû	τοῖν Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖν toîn Attĭkĭsmoîn	τῶν Ἀττῐκῐσμῶν tôn Attĭkĭsmôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀττῐκῐσμῷ tôi Attĭkĭsmôi	τοῖν Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖν toîn Attĭkĭsmoîn	τοῖς Ἀττῐκῐσμοῖς toîs Attĭkĭsmoîs
Accusative	τὸν Ἀττῐκῐσμόν tòn Attĭkĭsmón	τὼ Ἀττῐκῐσμώ tṑ Attĭkĭsmṓ	τοὺς Ἀττῐκῐσμούς toùs Attĭkĭsmoús
Vocative	Ἀττῐκῐσμέ Attĭkĭsmé	Ἀττῐκῐσμώ Attĭkĭsmṓ	Ἀττῐκῐσμοί Attĭkĭsmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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