Graikós

Hellenistic reborrowing from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣreˈkos/
• Hyphenation: Γραι‧κός

Noun

Γραικός • (Graikós) m (plural Γραικοί)

1. (historical) Greek

Usage notes

• Used in Byzantium and during Ottoman rule. Although the word has carried a derogatory sense from the roman Graecus, Graeculus, and its occidental descendants, the word was redeemed in the lips of the revolutionary Athanasios Diakos who said before his impalement:

  Εγώ Γραικός γεννήθηκα, Γραικός θε να πεθάνω

• Egó Graikós genníthika, Graikós the na petháno

  I was born a Graikos, I shall die a Graikos.