Attic

See also: attic

WOTD – 6 September 2015

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós, “related to Athens”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Attic (comparative more Attic, superlative most Attic)

1. Relating to Athenian culture or architecture.
2. Marked by the qualities that were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
3. Relating to that dialect of Ancient Greek.

Derived terms

• Attic base
• Attic salt

Translations

related to Athens

• Armenian: ատտիկյան (hy) (attikyan)
• Catalan: àtic (ca) m
• Dutch: Attisch
• German: attisch (de)
• Greek: αττικός (el) (attikós)

• Irish: Atacach
• Japanese: アッティカの (attika-no)
• Portuguese: ático (pt)
• Russian: афи́нский (ru) m (afínskij)
• Swedish: attisk (sv), atensk

Proper noun

Attic

1. An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coastal regions of the Aegean Sea.

Derived terms

• Atticist
• Atticism
• Atticistic

Translations

Ancient Greek dialect

• Armenian: ատտիկյան (hy) (attikyan)
• Danish: attisk
• Dutch: Attisch
• Faroese: attiskt n
• German: Attisch (de) n

• Greek: Αττική διάλεκτος (Attikí diálektos)
• Irish: Gréigis na hAtaice f
• Japanese: アッティカ方言 (attika hōgen)
• Portuguese: ático (pt) m
• Swedish: attiska (sv) c

Anagrams

• tacit