academicism

en-noun

academicism (countable and uncountable, plural academicisms)

(classical studies, sometimes capitalized) The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic.


acacia

(history, classical studies) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.


academy

From French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Doublet of academia and Akademeia; compare academe.

(classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.

(classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.


smooth

en-adj

smooth (comparative smoother, superlative smoothest)

smoother (comparative)
smoothest (superlative)

From Middle English smothe, smethe, from Old English smēþe, smōþ, both from Proto-West Germanic *smanþī, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots smuith (“smooth”), Low German smood and smödig (“smooth, malleable, ductile”), Dutch smeuïg (“smooth”) (from earlier smeudig).

a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor

the course of true love never did run smooth

Οὐ becomes οὐκ before a smooth vowel, and οὐχ before an aspirate.

1830, Benjamin Franklin Fisk, A Grammar of the Greek Language, page 5:

(linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.

ilman henkäystä

linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration


novel

Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]

1979, Jeffrey Richards, The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, 476–752, page 15:

(classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.


mia

(classical studies) An ancient bluffing game played with dice.


deletionist

deletionist (comparative more deletionist, superlative most deletionist)

more deletionist (comparative)
most deletionist (superlative)

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(classical studies) Favoring the deletion of a given passage or work as spurious.


xenia

From New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā, “hospitality”).

der

(classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.


Academy

* French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Compare academe, academia, Akademeia.

(classical studies, history) The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught.

(classical studies) The disciples of Plato.

(classical studies, philosophy) Platonism.