verb
- to make Greek in character, style, or form; to adopt or imitate Greek customs, language, or culture
Usage: often capitalized as Grecize
Examples
- The Romans began to grecize their art and architecture after conquering Greece.
- Many foreign words were grecized when they entered the Greek language.
- The scholar attempted to grecize the Latin text for his research.
- Ancient cities would often grecize their names to appear more sophisticated.
- The artist decided to grecize the sculpture by adding classical Greek elements.
- Foreign merchants would grecize their appearance to blend in with local society.