ἑλληνίζω

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 15 July 2016

Etymology

From Ἕλλην (Héllēn, Greek) + -ίζω (-ízō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἑλληνίζω (hellēnízō)

  1. I speak or write Greek (especially correct Greek)
    • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 82b:
      Σωκράτης   Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει;
      Μένων   πάνυ γε σφόδρα, οἰκογενής γε.
      Sōkrátēs   Héllēn mén esti kaì hellēnízei?
      Ménōn   pánu ge sphódra, oikogenḗs ge.
      Socrates: Is [the slave boy] a Greek and speaks Greek?
      Meno: Very much so, in fact home-bred.
    • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 172
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1407a19
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Letter to Pompey 2.5
    • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Charmides 159a
    • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 328a
    • 160 CE – 210 CE, Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians 1.186
    1. I am Greek
    2. I speak common Greek (as opposed to the Attic dialect)
      • 316 BCE – 250 BCE, Posidippus Comicus, Harmost 28:
        σὺ μὲν ἀττικίζεις ... οἱ δ᾽ Ἕλληνες ἑλληνίζομεν
        sù mèn attikízeis ... hoi d᾽ Héllēnes hellēnízomen
        You speak Attic, but the Greeks speak Greek.
  2. I make Greek, Hellenize

Inflection

Derived terms

  • Ἀφελληνίζω (Aphellēnízō)
  • Ἐξελληνίζω (Exellēnízō)
  • Ἀνελλήνιστος (Anellḗnistos)
  • Ἑλληνισμός (Hellēnismós)
  • Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs)
  • Ἑλληνιστί (Hellēnistí)

References

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