Atticism
noun[CorU]
languagespecializeduk/ˈæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us/ˈæt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/aclear,pleasingstyleoflanguagethatbecameadmiredinancientGreece early in the 1stcenturyBC andlaterin otherplaces, or a word or phrasetypicalof thisstyle:
典雅语风（公元前1世纪从古希腊兴起并传至其他地区的清新、令人愉悦的语言风格）；使用这种语风的词句Atticism in Rome may bedatedfrom about 60 B.C.罗马的典雅语风可以追溯到公元前 60年左右。
It was said that atranslatorof the NewTestamentalteredan Atticism to a morecommon, lessliteraryform.据说《新约》的翻译者用更日常、更口语化的语言代替了原本使用的典雅语风。
- The Rhodianoratorswereinclinedto Atticism.
- Hearguesthat theimpactof Atticism on theGreeklanguagehas beenoverstated.
- HesatirizesSophists fortheirignorantandpretentioususe of Atticisms.
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- etymologically
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist