† Greˈcanic, a. Obs.
[ad. L. Græcānic-us, f. Græc-us Greek.]
Of or pertaining to Greece, the Greeks, or their language. So † Greˈcanical a.
| 1601 Holland Pliny II. 596, I must not forget one kind of pauing more, which is called Grecanicke. 1669 Gale Crt. Gentiles i. ii. ii. 15 O in women is the Grecanic termination; as Dido. 1678 Ibid. iv. iii. i. 21 The Grecanic terme whereby the efficacitie of Divine concurse is expressed in the Scriptures is ἐνέργεια. 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. Contents §17 Orpheus, commonly called by the Greeks, The Theologer, and the Father of the Grecanick Polytheism. Ibid. 326 Casaubon..affirms all the Philosophy..to be merely Platonical and Grecanical but not at all Egyptian. |