Graecus

Latin

Alternative forms

• graecus (alternative case form)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrae̯.kus/, [ˈɡräe̯kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.kus/, [ˈɡrɛːkus]

Adjective

Graecus (feminine Graeca, neuter Graecum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Greek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek people.

   ritus Graecus

   Greek rite

   • 1736. Henrici Stephani de abusu linguae graecae in quibusdam vocibus quas latina usurpat admonitio. Io. Henr. Kromayeri adnotationibus nondum editis instructam denuo publicavit Frider. Guiliel. Roloffius, in the praefatio:

     Graecum est, non legitur.

     It's Greek, it cannot be read.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Graecus	Graeca	Graecum		Graecī	Graecae	Graeca
Genitive	Graecī	Graecae	Graecī		Graecōrum	Graecārum	Graecōrum
Dative	Graecō		Graecō		Graecīs
Accusative	Graecum	Graecam	Graecum		Graecōs	Graecās	Graeca
Ablative	Graecō	Graecā	Graecō		Graecīs
Vocative	Graece	Graeca	Graecum		Graecī	Graecae	Graeca

Derived terms

• interpretātiō graeca

Related terms

• graecānicus
• graecātim
• graecē
• Graecia
• graecigena
• Graeco-barbarus
• graecor
• Graecostasis
• grāius
• Magna Graecia

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: grek
• Aromanian: grec
• Asturian: griegu
• Catalan: grec
• → Danish: græsk (adjective), → Danish: græker (noun)
• → Dutch: Griek
• → English: Greek
• → Middle French: grec
  • French: grec
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: grecque
• Friulian: grêc
• Galician: grego
• → German: griechisch (adjective), → German: Grieche (noun)
• → Gothic: 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌺𐍃 (krēks)
• Greek: Γραικός (Graikós)
• Italian: greco
• → Middle Persian: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (gryk'y' /⁠grîkâyâ⁠/) (In Kartir inscriptions)
• Occitan: grèc
• Old French: griu, grieu, grezois
  • French: grive, pie-grièche, ortie-grièche, grégeois
  • Norman: graïve (Guernsey), grive (Jersey)
• Piedmontese: grech
• Portuguese: grego
• Romanian: grec
• Romansch: grec
• Sardinian: aregu
• Sicilian: grecu
• Spanish: griego, gringo
  • → English: gringo
• Venetian: greco
• → Welsh: Groeg
• → Proto-West Germanic: *Krēkō (see there for further descendants)

Noun

Graecus m sg (genitive Graecī, feminine Graeca); second declension

1. a Greek (person)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine		Masculine	Feminine
Nominative	Graecus	Graeca		Graecī	Graecae
Genitive	Graecī	Graecae		Graecōrum	Graecārum
Dative	Graecō			Graecīs	Graecīs
Accusative	Graecum	Graecam		Graecōs	Graecās
Ablative	Graecō	Graecā		Graecīs	Graecīs
Vocative	Graece	Graeca		Graecī	Graecae

References

• Graecus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Graecus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Graecus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray