Attic
AdjektivEigennamehäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈætɪk//
Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
Adjektiv
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historischOf or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.
[…] Aeschylus here, as elsewhere, made himself the legislator of all Attic tragedy.
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historischOf or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
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historischOf or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland Of or related to Attic Greek.
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übertragenMarked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
, The distinction between the Attic and the Asiatic schools takes us back to antiquity. The former were regarded as concise and healthy, the latter as empty and inflated: […]
Herkunft
From Latin Atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a modified and clipped Athens + -ic. Doublet of Atticus.
Eigenname
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Variante von Attic GreekClipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more Attic
- Superlativ
- most Attic
Attic · Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
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