Attic

attic English 2015 September 6 <dab> Etymology From en la Atticus, from en grc Ἀττικός, from some en qsb-grc - demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + grc -ικός -ic: forming adjectives. Equivalent to a modified and clipped en Athens ic. en Atticus. Pronunciation en /ˈætɪk/ en en-au-Attic.ogg AU en ætɪk 2 en attic Adjective en historical Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland, particularly: en Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens. en Herbert Weir Smyth Aeschylean Tragedy 1924 I. Introduction 31 In drawing his subjects from the vast storehouse of epic myth, Aeschylus here, as elsewhere, made himself the legislator of all Attic tragedy. en architecture Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture. en linguistics Of or related to Attic Greek. en figurative Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined. en Quintilian Harold Edgeworth Butler Instiutio Oratoria 1921 Chapter X: Determination of Style 611 The distinction between the Attic and the Asiatic schools takes us back to antiquity. The former were regarded as concise and healthy, the latter as empty and inflated: the former were remarkable for the absence of all superfluity, while the latter were deficient alike in taste and restraint. Derived terms en Attic base hyperatticism Neo-Attic neo-Attic Attic salt Translations Of or related to Attica Armenian: hy ատտիկյան Catalan: ca àtic m Danish: da Dutch: nl Attisch Esperanto: eo atika Finnish: fi attikalainen French: fr attique German: de attisch Greek: el αττικός Ancient Greek: grc Ἀττικός Hungarian: hu Irish: ga Atacach Italian: it attico Japanese: ja アッティカの attika-no Polish: pl attycki Portuguese: pt ático Romanian: ro Russian: ru атти́ческий Swedish: sv attisk, sv atensk Proper noun en Attic Greek the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea. Derived terms en Atticism Atticist Atticistic Atticize Anagrams en acitt Catti tacit ticat