γραικύλος

Greek

Etymology

From Latin Graeculus, diminutive of Graecus. The term was used in an ironical manner during the Byzantine Empire, by Greeks, to denote non-Greeks living within the Empire and which were trying to behave as Greeks.[1]

Noun

γραικύλος • (graikýlos) m (plural γραικύλοι)

  1. a Greek which is unworthy of the national traditions
  2. the deposed or decadent Greek
  3. a Greek submitted to strangers, foreign interests

Declension
declension of γραικύλος
singular plural
nominative γραικύλος • γραικύλοι •
genitive γραικύλου • γραικύλων •
accusative γραικύλο • γραικύλους •
vocative γραικύλε • γραικύλοι •

Derived terms
  • γραικυλισμός m (graikylismós)

See also

References
  1. Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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