Graecus, Graeca, Graecum

Definitions for Graecus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
Greek

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Of or belonging to Greece or the Greeks, Greek. (b) of or composed in the Greek language. (c) (in names of special varieties of plants, animals, etc.); uinum ~um, wine made with sea-water or salted water; nux ~a, the sweet almond (the tree or its seed); faenum (fenum) ~um, the fodder-plant fenugreek; faba ~a, the nettle-tree (see FAENVM, FABA).
2
(as sb.): (a) (masc., esp. pl.) A Greek; also, a Greek scholar; Hellenist. (b) (fem.) a Greek woman; also, the Greek language. (c) (neut,) Greek speech, Greek; (pl.) Greek writings.

Sentences with Graecus

Latin to English

Ab eīs quaesīvimus cūr philosophiae Graecae studērent.Compare We asked them why they were studying Greek philosophy.

Rōmānī, quī decem rēs pūblicās Graecās exercitibus suīs cēperant, ipsī—mīrābile dictū—Graecīs artibus captī sunt!Compare The Romans, who had captured ten Greek republics with their own armies, were themselves—amazing to say—taken captive by the Greek arts!

Magnificus ille etiam, ut Graecus litterae non egeo.Compare This too is a great thing, that they are not without Greek literature.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 39.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 770.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.

Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.

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Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "Graecus, Graeca, Graecum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 26, 2023. Accessed December 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/graecus-graeca-graecum.