Γραικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Aristotle was one of the first to use the name Γραικοί (Graikoí), saying that the area around Dodona and Achelous was inhabited by the Σελλοί (“Selloi”) and a people formerly called Graeci and now Ἕλληνες (“Hellenes”).[1]

According to one hypothesis, the name means “from Γραῖα (Graîa, “Graea”)”, a city on the coast of Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ (Boiōtĭ́ā, “Boeotia”), and it was given to the Greeks of southern Italy by the Romans. The city’s name itself means “grey, venerable” from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣ *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”). This is in stark contrast to eastern names for the Greeks based on Ἰωνία (Iōnía).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

Γραικός • (Graikós) m (feminine Γραική, neuter Γραικόν)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek adjectives#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek oxytone terms#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣ; first/second declension

  1. Greek

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Proper noun

Γραικός • (Graikós) m (genitive Γραικοῦ)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek proper nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek oxytone terms#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek second-declension proper nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the second declension#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣ; second declension

  1. Graecus, a character in Greek mythology, said to be a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia; or else a son of Pandora and Zeus.

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Noun

Γραικός • (Graikós) m (genitive Γραικοῦ)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek oxytone terms#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek second-declension nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣ; second declension

  1. a Graecian, a member of an ancient Boeotian tribe that migrated to Italy.

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Descendants

  • → Latin: Graecus, Latin: graecus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ Aristotle (c. 340 BCE), Μετεωρολογικά [Metereology] (in Ancient Greek), 352b
  2. ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Hellenistic reborrowing from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

Γραικός • (Graikós) m (plural Γραικοί)Category:Greek lemmas#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Greek nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Greek masculine nouns#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣ

  1. (historicalCategory:Greek terms with historical senses#ΓΡΑΙΚΟΣ) Greek

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of Γραικός
singular plural
nominative Γραικός (Graikós) Γραικοί (Graikoí)
genitive Γραικού (Graikoú) Γραικών (Graikón)
accusative Γραικό (Graikó) Γραικούς (Graikoús)
vocative Γραικέ (Graiké) Γραικοί (Graikoí)
Category:Greek nouns declining like 'αδελφός'

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Γραικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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