Ἀττική

See also: αττική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same source as Ἀθῆναι (Athênai, “Athens”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /at.ti.kɛ̌ː/ → /at.tiˈci/ → /a.tiˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /at.ti.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /at.tiˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /at.tiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /at.tiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.tiˈci/

Proper noun

Ἀττική • (Attikḗ) f (genitive Ἀττικῆς); first declension

1. Attica.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀττῐκή; τῆς Ἀττῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀττῐκή hē Attikḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ἀττῐκῆς tês Attikês
Dative	τῇ Ἀττῐκῇ têi Attikêi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀττῐκήν tḕn Attikḗn
Vocative	Ἀττῐκή Attikḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Derived terms

• ἀναττῐκός (anattikós, “alien to the Attic dialect”)
• ἀντιαττῐκιστής m (antiattikistḗs, “Anti-Atticist”)
• Ἀτθίς (Atthís)
• Ἀττῐικηρῶς - ἀττῐκηρῶς (attikērôs, “in Attic fashion”)
• Ἀττῐκῐ́ζω - ἀττῐκῐ́ζω (attikízō, “side with the Athenians, speak Attic, atticize”)
• Ἀττῐ́κισις - ἀττῐ́κισις f (attíkisis, “Attic style, Atticism”)
• Ἀττῐκισμός - ἀττῐκισμός m (attikismós, “siding with Athens; atticizing”)
• Ἀττῐκιστής - ἀττῐκιστής m (attikistḗs, “speaker of Attic; one who affects or collects Attic expressions”)
• Ἀττῐκιστί - ἀττῐκιστί (attikistí, “in the Attic dialect”)
• Ἀττῐκοπέρδιξ m (Attikopérdix, “Attic partridge, nickname of an actor”)
• Ἀττῐκός (Attikós)
• ἀττῐκόν ἅλας n (attikón hálas)
• Ἀττῐκουργής - ἀττῐκουργής (attikourgḗs, “wrought in Attic fashion”)
• Ἀττῐκωνῐκός m (Attikōnikós, “comic alteration of Ἀττῐκός, after Λακωνικός”)
• ἐξαττῐκίζω (exattikízō, “Atticize”)
• ἐναττῐκίζω (enattikízō, “in this place, just like in Attic”)
• Συραττῐκός (Surattikós, “Syro-Attic”)
• ὑπαττῐκός (hupattikós, “somewhat Attic”)
• ὑπεραττῐκίζω (huperattikízō, “imitate the Attic dialect to excess”)
• ὑπεραττῐκός (huperattikós, “excessively Attic”)
• χρυσαττῐκός (khrusattikós, “golden Attic”)
• ψευδαττῐκός (pseudattikós, “false Attic”)

Descendants

• Greek: Αττική (Attikí), Ἀττική
• Latin: Attica
  • French: Attique

Further reading

• “Ἀττική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἀττική in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN