Graecize

American

[gree-sahyz] / ˈgri saɪz /

Or Graecise

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly British.

Graecized, Graecizing

Grecize.

Graecize British

/ ˈɡriːsaɪz /

verb

another word for Hellenize

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Other Word Forms

Graecism

noun

Etymology

Origin of Graecize

C17: from Latin graecizāre to imitate the Greeks, from Greek graikizein

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Graecized Graecizing

As we have before implied, this type of comedy originally arose in the country towns and maintained a certain antagonism with the Graecized comedy of Rome.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

At first sight they may seem inaccurate, but on closer examination the Graecizing is seen to follow definite rules, especially in the Ptolemaic period.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

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