γραικύλος
Greek
Etymology
From Latin Graeculus, diminutive of Graecus. The term was used in an ironical manner during the Byzantine Empire, by Greeks, to denote non-Greeks living within the Empire and which were trying to behave as Greeks.[1]
Noun
γραικύλος • (graikýlos) m (plural γραικύλοι)
- a Greek which is unworthy of the national traditions
- the deposed or decadent Greek
- a Greek submitted to strangers, foreign interests
Declension
Declension of γραικύλος
Derived terms
- γραικυλισμός m (graikylismós)
Related terms
See also
- ανθέλληνας m (anthéllinas)
- μισέλληνας m (miséllinas)
- Ελληνάρας m (Ellináras)
References
- ^ γραικύλος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.