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Ἑλλην-ίζω , impf. ἑλλήνιζον without augm., Charito 4.5 codd.: aor. Act.
A.ἑλληνίσαιD.C.55.3: aor. Pass. without augm., Th.2.68 codd.: pf. Pass. “ἡλλήνισταιJ.AJ1.6.1:—speak Greek, “Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζειPl.Men.82b, cf. Chrm.159a, Prt.328a, etc.; . τῇ φωνῇ, τὴν φωνήν, Aeschin.3.172, Charito l.c.; esp. speak or write pure or correct Greek, Arist.Rh.1407a19, D.H.Pomp.2.5; ἄκρως . S.E.M.1.186; opp. βαρβαρίζω, ib.246.
c. speak common Greek, opp. the Attic dialect, “σὺ μὲν ἀττικίζεις . . οἱ δ᾽ Ἕλληνες ἑλληνίζομενPosidipp.28.
II. trans., make Greek, Hellenize, “τὴν βάρβαρονLib.Or.11.103; translate into Greek, D.C. l.c.:—Pass., ἑλληνισθῆναι τὴν γλῶσσαν ἀπό τινος acquire the Greek language from . ., Th. l.c.; τὰ ὀνόματα . . ἡλλήνισται have assumed an Hellenic form, J.AJ1.6.1.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, 172
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1.6.1
    • Plato, Charmides, 159a
    • Plato, Protagoras, 328a
    • Plato, Meno, 82b
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.68
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, 2.5
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 55.3
    • Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, 4.5
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