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I know a derivative is a word that sounds like and spells like the latin word and means the same thing...
but I can't find another word is the dictionary that means greek ..

thanks !

2007-12-13 09:05:59 · 5 answers · asked by Kim H 4 in Society & Culture Languages

I know its the latin word for greek
I need another word that mean greek ( a derivative)

2007-12-13 09:16:56 · update #1

5 answers

Grecian in English. From Latin 'Graecia', meaning Greece.

2007-12-13 09:30:46 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0 0

I believe its the Latin word for Greek

2007-12-13 09:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by Johter 2 · 0 1

Graecus or Græcus (Greek: Γραικός) was, according to Hesiod's "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or Catalogue of Women on the origin of the Greeks, the son of Pandora and Zeus, and brother of Magnes and the horse-loving Makednos. His mother Pandora (named after her grandmother Pandora) was the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and sister of Hellen who together with his three sons Dorus, Xuthus (with his sons Ion and Achaeus) and Aeolos, comprised the set of ancient tribes that formed the Greek/Hellenic nation.
According to other sources, Graecus was a son of Thessalus. Later authors have Latinus being Graecus brother.

The Hellenic tribe Graecians took their name after Graecus. They were one of the first Greek tribes to colonize Italy. The area that came to be known as Magna Graecia took its name after them. The Latins used this term in reference to all Hellenic people due to the fact that the first Hellenes they came into contact with were the Graecians, hence the name Greeks.



Gre·cize /ˈgrisaɪz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[gree-sahyz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -cized, -ciz·ing.
–verb (used with object) 1. to impart Greek characteristics to.
2. to translate into Greek.
–verb (used without object) 3. to conform to what is Greek; adopt Greek speech, customs, etc.

2007-12-13 09:10:38 · answer #3 · answered by canguroargentino 4 · 1 1

grassy ascii

2007-12-13 09:08:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

uhh gratious?

2007-12-13 09:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

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