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# The [[style]] and [[idiom]] of [[Attic]], the [[Ancient Greek]] Athenian [[dialect]] |
# The [[style]] and [[idiom]] of [[Attic]], the [[Ancient Greek]] Athenian [[dialect]] |
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Revision as of 05:14, 26 March 2023
English
Etymology
Noun
Atticism (countable and uncountable, plural Atticisms)
- The style and idiom of Attic, the Ancient Greek Athenian dialect
- A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression
- (historical) A favouring of, or attachment to Attica and the Athenians
- (historical) A rhetorical movement that began in the 1st century BC, which strove to emulate classical Attic style and usage in reaction against the perceived vulgarities of the Koine
- (historical) The wordings and phrasings typical of this movement, especially as contrasted with the Koine