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ἀρχαϊσμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχαϊσμός ἀρχαϊσμοῦ

Structure: ἀρχαϊσμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. old-world charm (of style)
  2. use of obsolete expressions
  3. ancient custom

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀντίρροπόσ ἐστι περὶ τὰσ πτώσεισ, ποικίλη περὶ τοὺσ σχηματισμούσ, ὀλιγοσύνδεσμοσ, ἄναρθροσ, ἐν πολλοῖσ ὑπεροπτικὴ τῆσ ἀκολουθίασ, ἥκιστ’ ἀνθηρά, μεγαλόφρων, αὐθέκαστοσ, ἀκόμψευτοσ, τὸν ἀρχαϊσμὸν καὶ τὸν πίνον ἔχουσα κάλλοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2211)

Synonyms

  1. ancient custom

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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