A.“ἑλληνίσαι” D.C.55.3: aor. Pass. without augm., Th.2.68 codd.: pf. Pass. “ἡλλήνισται” J.AJ1.6.1:—speak Greek, “Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει” Pl.Men.82b, cf. Chrm.159a, Prt.328a, etc.; ἑ. 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 ἑ. S.E.M.1.186; opp. βαρβαρίζω, ib.246.
c. speak common Greek, opp. the Attic dialect, “σὺ μὲν ἀττικίζεις . . οἱ δ᾽ Ἕλληνες ἑλληνίζομεν” Posidipp.28.