Atticism
Example Sentences
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It was not till Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49, after Hortensius had died, and Cicero had been pushed aside as a futile statesman, that Atticism gained predominance in the schools.
From Vergil A Biography by Tenney Frank
Are you bound to give Vestorius some days, and must you go through the stale banquet of his Latin Atticism again after an interval?
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
The first character, then, to be described, is the Orator who, according to some, is the only one that has any just pretensions to Atticism.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
This classical renaissance turned back the literary language into the old ossified forms, as had previously happened in the case of the Atticism of the early centuries of the empire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
But though Atticism may be divided into several kinds, these mimic Athenians suspect but one.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
