adjective
- made Greek in character, style, or form
verb
- past tense of grecize; to make Greek in character or to adopt Greek customs
Examples
- The Romans grecized many aspects of their culture after conquering Greece.
- His name was grecized when his family moved to Athens.
- The architecture showed clear grecized influences with its columns and pediments.
- Ancient art forms were often grecized as Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean.
- The scholar grecized the Latin text to make it more accessible to Greek readers.
- Many foreign deities were grecized and incorporated into the Greek pantheon.