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  • Etymology: Spanish, alteration of griego Greek, stranger, from Latin Graecus Greek

    Election Day Draws to a Close.... 2003

  • As a pendant to "negros/mavros", I'll remind the legend that "'Greek' comes from a Latin word Graecus that implies that we'll always be under someone someone's domination and have no ties to Ancient Greece, I mean Ancient Hellas".

    languagehat.com: CHINESE 'JEW.' 2005

  • Latins and other foreigners, as well as Greeks writing to such people, use it not seldom for any Greek, as "Graecus" in

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • Syrianus 'work on Aristotle's Metaphysics is transmitted in some 18 manuscripts dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, two of which are superior to the others: the Parisinus Graecus 1896 and the Hamburgensis phil. gr.

    Syrianus Wildberg, Christian 2009

  • Adolescens Graecus erat in Egypti coenobio qui nulla operis magnitudine, nulla persuasione flammam poterat sedare: monasterii pater hac arte servavit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • His "Graecus sum ...." came out strangled, so tremulous Margo's heart constricted.

    Time Scout Asprin, Robert 1995

  • There, in a small room, Stephano slouched scowling against the flaking wall, and Graecus, the stocky sculptor, straddled a bench, grinning.

    Conan the Defender Jordan, Robert 1982

  • In her present mood, she would think he was trying to shift her sympathy from Graecus to himself.

    Conan the Defender Jordan, Robert 1982

  • Without waiting for an answer, she turned to Graecus, uttering soothing sounds and stroking his brow.

    Conan the Defender Jordan, Robert 1982

  • Graecus looked a little unsettled at that, and Stephano laughed mockingly, "Gold!"

    Conan the Defender Jordan, Robert 1982

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