grecicize

Verb

Graecicize (third-person singular simple present Graecicizes, present participle Graecicizing, simple past and past participle Graecicized)

1. (rare, transitive) Synonym of Grecize (to translate into Greek or render in a Greek form).
   • In this period it enlarged its vocabulary to deal with new tools, institutions and ideas introduced by Hellenistic Greek and Latin, the latter through the medium of Graecicized Latin words, and words created in Greek for Roman institutions and concepts.1989, Chaim Rabin, “Terminology development in the revival of a language: the case of contemporary Hebrew”, in Florian Coulmas, editor, Language Adaptation, Cambridge University Press

   Synonyms:

   Grecize