Graecus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Graecus (feminine Graeca, neuter Graecum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. 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.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Noun

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Graecus m sg (genitive Graecī, feminine Graeca); second declension

  1. a Greek (person)

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

References

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  • 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