grecheggiare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From greco (“Greek”) + -eggiare. The archaic sense "turn to the northeast" comes from greco (“wind from the northeast”).
Verb
[edit]grecheggiàre (first-person singular present grechéggio, first-person singular past historic grecheggiài, past participle grecheggiàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to imitate the Greeks (in dress, language or art) [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: grecizzare
- (archaic) to turn to the northeast (of a compass)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of grecheggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)