Graecus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- graecus (alternative case form)
Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡrae̯.kus/, [ˈɡräe̯kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡre.kus/, [ˈɡrɛːkus]
Adjective
[edit]Graecus (feminine Graeca, neuter Graecum); first/second-declension adjective
- Greek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek people.
- ritus Graecus
- Greek rite
- 1736. Henrici Stephani de abusu linguae graecae in quibusdam vocibus quas latina usurpat admonitio. Io. Henr. Kromayeri adnotationibus nondum editis instructam denuo publicavit Frider. Guiliel. Roloffius, in the praefatio:
- Graecum est, non legitur.
- It's Greek, it cannot be read.
- Graecum est, non legitur.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | Graecus | Graeca | Graecum | Graecī | Graecae | Graeca | |
genitive | Graecī | Graecae | Graecī | Graecōrum | Graecārum | Graecōrum | |
dative | Graecō | Graecae | Graecō | Graecīs | |||
accusative | Graecum | Graecam | Graecum | Graecōs | Graecās | Graeca | |
ablative | Graecō | Graecā | Graecō | Graecīs | |||
vocative | Graece | Graeca | Graecum | Graecī | Graecae | Graeca |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Albanian: grek
- Aromanian: grec
- Asturian: griegu
- Catalan: grec
- → Danish: græsk (adjective), → Danish: græker (noun)
- → Dutch: Griek
- → English: Greek
- → Middle French: grec
- Friulian: grêc
- Galician: grego
- → German: griechisch (adjective), → German: Grieche (noun)
- → Gothic: 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌺𐍃 (krēks)
- Greek: Γραικός (Graikós)
- Italian: greco
- → Middle Persian: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (gryk'y' /grîkâyâ/) (In Kartir inscriptions)
- Occitan: grèc
- Old French: griu, grieu, grezois
- French: grive, pie-grièche, ortie-grièche, grégeois
- Norman: graïve (Guernsey), grive (Jersey)
- Piedmontese: grech
- Portuguese: grego
- Romanian: grec
- Romansch: grec
- Sardinian: aregu
- Sicilian: grecu
- Spanish: griego, gringo
- → English: gringo
- Venetan: greco
- → Welsh: Groeg
- → Proto-West Germanic: *Krēkō (see there for further descendants)
Noun
[edit]Graecus m sg (genitive Graecī, feminine Graeca); second declension
- a Greek (person)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | ||
nominative | Graecus | Graeca | Graecī | Graecae | |
genitive | Graecī | Graecae | Graecōrum | Graecārum | |
dative | Graecō | Graecae | Graecīs | Graecīs | |
accusative | Graecum | Graecam | Graecōs | Graecās | |
ablative | Graecō | Graecā | Graecīs | Graecīs | |
vocative | Graece | Graeca | Graecī | Graecae |
References
[edit]- Graecus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Graecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Graecus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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