graecisso

Latin

Alternative forms

• graecizo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italiote Ancient Greek Γραικίζω (Graikízō), equivalent to Graecus +‎ -issō. Attested since Plautus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡrae̯ˈkis.soː/, [ɡräe̯ˈkɪs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡreˈt͡ʃis.so/, [ɡreˈt͡ʃisːo]

Verb

graecissō (present infinitive graecissāre, perfect active graecissāvī, supine graecissātum); first conjugation

1. to act in a Greek manner; to adopt Greek customs or speech
   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 11:

     atque adeō hoc argūmentum graecissat, tamen nōn atticissat, vērum sicilicissitat.

     And by the way, this argument sounds kind of Greek, though not Attic Greek, but rather Sicilian.

Conjugation

Conjugation of graecissō (first conjugation)
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
passive	present	graecissor	graecissāris, graecissāre	graecissātur	graecissāmur	graecissāminī	graecissantur
	imperfect	graecissābar	graecissābāris, graecissābāre	graecissābātur	graecissābāmur	graecissābāminī	graecissābantur
	future	graecissābor	graecissāberis, graecissābere	graecissābitur	graecissābimur	graecissābiminī	graecissābuntur
	perfect	graecissātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	graecissātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	graecissātus + future active indicative of sum
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
passive	present	graecisser	graecissēris, graecissēre	graecissētur	graecissēmur	graecissēminī	graecissentur
	imperfect	graecissārer	graecissārēris, graecissārēre	graecissārētur	graecissārēmur	graecissārēminī	graecissārentur
	perfect	graecissātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	graecissātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	graecissā	—	—	graecissāte	—
	future	—	graecissātō	graecissātō	—	graecissātōte	graecissantō
passive	present	—	graecissāre	—	—	graecissāminī	—
	future	—	graecissātor	graecissātor	—	—	graecissantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		graecissāre	graecissāvisse	graecissātūrum esse	graecissārī	graecissātum esse	graecissātum īrī
participles		graecissāns	—	graecissātūrus	—	graecissātus	graecissandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		graecissandī	graecissandō	graecissandum	graecissandō	graecissātum	graecissātū

References

• “graecisso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press