Ancient Greek

Adjective

Γραικός (Graikos)

1. Greek

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Proper noun

Γραικός (Graikos) m

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.
2. Graecian, name of an ancient Boeotian tribe that migrated to Italy.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Latin: graecus

References

• Γραικός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «Γραικός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «Γραικός» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Busolt, Griechische Geschichte bis zur Schlacht bei Chaeroneia

1. ↑ Aristotle, Μετεωρολογικά, I.xiv
2. ↑ R. S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 267.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γραικός ‎(Graikós)

Noun

Γραικός • ‎(Graikós) m ‎(plural Γραικοί)

1. (obsolete) Greek

Usage notes

• Used in Byzantium and during Ottoman rule.

Declension

Synonyms

• Έλληνας m ‎(Éllinas)
• Ρωμιός m ‎(Romiós) (familiar, emotive term)

Related terms

• γραικικός ‎(graikikós, “Greek”)