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ἀρχαϊσμός?

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: archaismos

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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