Graeci, ōrum, m., = Γραικοί,
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 , id. 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.
α 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. —
β 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.