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Graecas

Graecas is a Latin form of Graecus, meaning “Greek; a Greek”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective.

Found 38 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Senectute 26: … versibus gloriantem videmus, qui se cotidie aliquid addiscentem dicit senem fieri. et ego feci, qui litteras Graecas senex didici, quas quidem sic avide arripui quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens, ut ea ipsa mihi nota essen …

Augustine, Confessiones 1.20: Quid autem erat causae, cur graecas litteras oderam, quibus puerulus imbuebar, ne nunc quidem mihi satis exploratum est. adamaueram enim latinas, …

All forms of Graecus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.