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📜 Ancient Greek dialect 🏛️ From ancient Athens
Attic

Attic

2 9.5
Relating to the people or language of ancient Athens
  • adjective
  • /ˈætɪk/
translation icon : ático
  • The lamp cast long shadows on the stairs and among the attic rafters.
  • Attic red-figure
  • Attic red

Examples

  • - We've only got attic space...

    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

  • The door to it was open, and within could be seen another door, which led to the two attic bedrooms in the extension beyond.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Despair returned until the sweeper said it came with attic space.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • I've got the same issue, basically; my central AC is attic-mounted with ceiling ducts all around.

    Blog text (16)

  • Its steeply pitched roof is a witch's hat, its attic windows watchful eyes, its aluminum-sided front a blank face, behind which bad guys deal.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The Macedonian language remains an enigma to us. The archaic kings performed their courtly functions in Attic, a prestigious Athenian dialect of Greek.

  • Euripides wrote many plays that reflect the rich tradition of Attic art and culture.

  • Students studying ancient history often learn about Attic dialects and their significance in classical literature.

  • The Attic style of architecture is recognized for its distinct features from ancient Greece.

Synonyms

Athenian
vsAttic
6 4.9

Relating to Athens or its people

is narrower, about a specific region and its dialect in classical times
Hellenic
vsAttic
3 8.6

Relating to ancient Greece, its people, or culture

is narrower, focusing on one region and its classical dialect rather than all Greece

Compounds

attic fan
1 3.7

A fan in the attic that pushes out hot air to cool the house

attic salt
  • Archaic
9.9

A kind of subtle, clever humor that feels literary and refined

Surface Forms

Attic positive

Morphology

Attic = Attica (transparent) = Attica + ic

Productive adjectival formation from the place name 'Attica' with the suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to'.

Etymology

The word Attic comes from the place name Attica, the area around the city of Athens in Greece. So Attic means 'of Attica' or 'of Athens', and it describes people, speech, or style from that area.