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Graecitas
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Latin
Alternative forms
Also with initial lower-case la g.
Etymology
From la Graecus -tās of or belonging to the Greeks”, “Greek”, “Grecian -ity”, “-ness adjective suffix forming nouns
Pronunciation
Graecitās
Proper noun
Graecitās<3>
la Late Latin en Greek the Greek language, familiar to the ancients
la w:Codex Theodosianus 438 Book XIV 9.3.1 Habeat igitur audītōrium speciāliter nostrum in hīs prīmum, quōs Rōmānae ēloquentiae doctrīna commendat, ōrātōrēs quidem trēs numerō, decem vērō grammaticōs; in hīs etiam, quī fācundiā graecitātis pollēre nōscuntur, quīnque numerō sint sofistae et grammaticī aequē decem. Therefore let our school specially have firstly among these (professors), whom the instruction of Roman eloquence recommends, exactly three orators in number (and) specifically ten grammarians; also among them, who are recognized to prevail in Greek eloquence, let there be five sophists in number and equally ten grammarians.
Declension
Graecitās<3>
Descendants
en 1 Graecity
fr grécité
de 1 Gräzität
it grecità
ro grecitate
pt grecidade
References
Graecĭtas
GRAECITAS GRÆCITAS
græcĭtās 719/2
graecitas 474/2