atticisme

atticisme

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Atticisme (superseded)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀττῐκῐσμός (attikismós). Equivalent to Attica +‎ -isme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.tiˈsɪs.mə/
• Hyphenation: at‧ti‧cis‧me
• Rhymes: -ɪsmə

Noun

atticisme n (plural atticismes)

1. (uncountable) A rhetorical and subsequently grammatical movement of the Hellenistic and Roman periods that favoured the Attic rhetorical style and language over the Ancient Greek rhetoric or language of Asia Minor.
2. (countable) An Atticism, an Ancient Greek linguistic phenomenon particular to Attic Greek.

Coordinate terms

• (rhetorical and grammatical movement): asianisme

Related terms

• atticist
• atticistisch

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin atticismus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀττῐκῐσμός (attikismós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ti.sism/, /a.ti.sizm/

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Noun

atticisme m (plural atticismes)

1. Atticism

   Coordinate term: asianisme

Further reading

• “atticisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.