Latin

Adjective

graecus m ‎(feminine graeca, neuter graecum); first/second declension

1. Greek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek people.

   Graecum est; non legitur.

   It's Greek, it cannot be read.

2. (substantive) A Greek (person)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• interpretātiō graeca

Related terms

Descendants

References

• GRAECUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “graecus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to study Greek literature: graecis litteris studere
    
  • to be well (slightly) acquainted with Greek literature: multum (mediocriter) in graecis litteris versari
    
  • examples taken from Roman (Greek) history: exempla a rerum Romanarum (Graecarum) memoria petita
    
  • the Greek language is a richer one than the Latin: lingua graeca latinā locupletior (copiosior, uberior) est
    
  • (ambiguous) to speak the Greek language: graece or graeca lingua loqui
    
  • to translate from Greek into Latin: aliquid e graeco in latinum (sermonem) convertere, vertere, transferre
    
  • to render something into Latin: aliquid (graeca) latine reddere or sermone latino interpretari
    
  • this is a proverb among the Greeks: hoc est Graecis hominibus in proverbio
    
  • that Greek proverb contains an excellent lesson: bene illo Graecorum proverbio praecipitur
    
  • (ambiguous) to speak the Greek language: graece or graeca lingua loqui
    
• graecus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray