graecicization

alternative Graecicization · alternative Grecicization · alternative grecicization

1. no pluralThe translation of a word or name into the Greek language, or the rendering of it in a Greek form.

   But the name is a graecicization of an older form of unknown origin (there is also a Céreste in the Alps).

   1939, The Dublin Magazine, volume 14

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   On the other hand, it is more likely that -του reflects an attempt at graecicization by a scribe whose knowledge of Greek and Greek orthography, as the inscription amply demonstrates, was none too secure.

   1981, “Turkic-Bulgarian-Hungarian Relations: (VIth-XIth Centuries)”, in Studia Turco-Hungarica, Budapest: Loránd Eötvös University

   The form ᾿Ιερἀ Πἑτρα shows a further Graecicization whereby the meaningless Πὐτνα has been replaced by Πἑτρα.

   1985, Raymond A. Brown, Evidence for Pre-Greek Speech on Crete from Greek Alphabetic Sources, Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert

2. no pluralA precise transliteration of a Greek word or name that is commonly Latinized or anglicized.
3. no pluralThe application of the qualities of Greek to another language.
4. no pluralThe assimilation or acquisition of qualities characteristic of Greek culture, language, or tradition.