Atticizev.
/ˈatɪsʌɪz/ 1. intransitive. To side with or favour Athens.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > like or sympathize with other nations [verb (intransitive)] > sympathize with specific nation or part of
Atticize1753
1753 [see Atticizing n. and adj. at Derivatives].
2. To affect Attic style; to conform to Athenian or (in wider sense) Greek habits, modes of thought, etc.
a. intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [verb (intransitive)] > to conform to specific habits or modes of thought
Atticize1610
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. ix. 671 Pherecrates a man wholy Atticizing.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. 9 What is Plato but Moses Atticizing?
b. transitive.
Derivatives
Atticized adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > characteristic of specific group
Atticized1846
Poona1934
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xi. 227 The Atticised worship of the Eleusinian Dêmêtêr.
Atticizing n. and adj.
ΚΠ
1753 W. Smith tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War II. viii. (R.) Put to death..for atticizing.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. liv. 618 The Thebans destroyed the walls of Thespiæ..on the charge of atticizing tendencies.
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