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Greco-Latin

UK/ˌɡɹiːkəʊˈlæt.ɪn/US/ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈlæt.n̩/

Greco-Latin adjective: derived from or pertaining to the Ancient Greek and Latin languages.

Adjective

Greco-Latin

  1. (US) Derived from or pertaining to the Ancient Greek and Latin languages.
    • In 1781 they framed "Articles of Confederation,” and in 1789 the “Constitution of the United States of America," from which we have an Extract and Table, showing sixty-two per cent. Greco-Latin and thirty-eight Gotho-Germanic; whereas Ethelbert's Anglo-Saxon Code of A.D. 597, which is the oldest...1878, John Adam Weisse, Origin, Progress and Destiny of the English Language and Literature, page 459
    • The Greco-Latin coincidences are presumably due to the independent preservation of elements of the most ancient IE. vocabulary. They do not necessarily imply any intimate relationship between Greek and Latin leading to the postulation of a pre-historic 'Italo-Greek' unity.1988, Leonard Robert Palmer, The Latin Language, page 21

Examples of Greco-Latin in a sentence

  • Greco-Latin and thirty-eight Gotho-Germanic; whereas Ethelbert's Anglo-Saxon Code of A.D. 597, which is the oldest English writing, containse six per cent.1878, John Adam Weisse, Origin, Progress and Destiny of the English Language and Literature, page 459:
  • The German sense of Geist does not take its measure from the technical philosophical sense of the Greco-Latin spiritus.1999, Michael Baur, Daniel O. Dahlstrom, The Emergence of German Idealism, page 180:
  • The enrichment of the English vocabulary by Greco-Latin words was continuing, and the role of Greco-Latin vocabulary as the language of education was here to stay.2008, Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick M. Newton, Greek and Latin Roots: Keys to Building Vocabulary, page 149:

Forms of Greco-Latin

alternative CommonwealthGraeco-Latin
alternative form (dated)Græco-Latin

Origin of Greco-Latin

From Greco- + Latin.

Words formed from Greco-Latin

Phrases with Greco-Latin

Questions about Greco-Latin

What does Greco-Latin mean?
Greco-Latin means derived from or pertaining to the Ancient Greek and Latin languages.
How do you use Greco-Latin in a sentence?
Greco-Latin and thirty-eight Gotho-Germanic; whereas Ethelbert's Anglo-Saxon Code of A.D. 597, which is the oldest English writing, containse six per cent.
What part of speech is Greco-Latin?
Greco-Latin is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Greco-Latin?
Greco-Latin is pronounced /ˌɡɹiːkəʊˈlæt.ɪn/ (UK).

Words near Greco-Latin in the dictionary

  1. Greco-
  2. Greco-Bactrian
  3. Greco-Bactrians
  4. Greco-Buddhism
  5. Greco-Egyptian
  6. Greco-Latin
  7. Greco-Latin square
  8. Greco-Latin squares
  9. Greco-Roman
  10. Greco-Roman wrestling
  11. grecocycline

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