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- verb To
side with theAthenians . - verb To use the
Attic idiom orstyle ; to conform to thecustoms or modes of thought of the Athenians.
Etymologies
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Attic + -ize
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For the Greek Fathers write in a more classicizing style than most of the New Testament writers; none of them uses quite a vulgar or ungrammatical Greek, while some Atticize, e.g. the Cappadocians and Synesius.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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