Graeci — Lewis & Short
Graeci, ōrum, m., = *graikoi/,
I the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):
eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,Cic. Rep. 1, 7:
apud Graecos,id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:
quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.—Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:
processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,Cic. Fl. 7, 17:
ignobilis,Liv. 39, 8, 3:
Graecus Graecaque,Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—
II Derivv.
A Grae-cus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:
plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video ... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.
litterae,id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:
Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,Cic. Arch. 10, 23:
lingua (opp. Latina),id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
ludi,founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:
homines,Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:
testis,id. Fl. 5, 11:
more bibere,i. e. to drink healths, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:
Graeca fide mercari,i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:
rosa,a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):
Graeco melius usuri,Quint. 5, 10, 1:
librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.—Adv. in two forms,
1 Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:
cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:
Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,id. Off. 2, 32, 115:
loqui,id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:
optime scire,id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.
nescire,id. Fl. 4, 10:
licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:
omnia Graece,Juv. 6, 188.—
2 Graecātim, in the Greek manner:
amiciri,Tert. Pall. 4.—
B Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):
quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:
Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:
magna,Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:
terra,Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—
2 Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:
Graecia,Cic. Arch. 5, 10.—Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:
Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,Ov. F. 4, 64.—
C Grae-cānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;
not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:
torcula,Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:
pavimentum,id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:
color,id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:
toga, i. e. pallium,Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graē-cānĭce, in Greek:
dicere,Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—
D Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:
motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,id. Fl. 10, 23:
cautio chirographi,i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:
homines,id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:
ferrum,Flor. 2, 7, 9:
civitas Massilia,id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.—Subst.:
1 Graecŭlus, i, m.
(a) A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:
Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin.—
(b) Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:
vitis,Col. 3, 2, 24:
mala,Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:
rosa,id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—
2 Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—
E Graecĭen-sis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):
mare,Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:
scimpodium,Gell. 19, 10, 1.—
F Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):
lapides,inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.