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Γραικός

Γραικός, ὁ,
  • Greek, Ἕλληνες ὠνομάσθησαν τὸ πρότερον Γραικοὶ καλούμενοι Marm.Par. 11 (iv B. C.), cf. Arist. Mete. 352b2, Apollod. 1.7.3, Call. Fr. 104, Lyc. 532, etc.; Γραῖκες Alcm. 134, S. Fr. 518 is of doubtful meaning, cf. also Ῥαικός:—hence Γραικ-ίτης, ου, ὁ, Lyc. 605. (Local name for a tribe in West Greece, applied by the Italians to Greeks in general.)

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