γραικύλος
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
declension of γραικύλος
Derived terms[edit]
- γραικυλισμός m (graikylismós)
Related terms[edit]
- see: Γραικός m (Graikós, “a Greek man”)
See also[edit]
- ανθέλληνας m (anthéllinas)
- μισέλληνας m (miséllinas)
- Ελληνάρας m (Ellináras)
References[edit]
- ^ γραικύλος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.