English-Thai Dictionary

attic

N ห้องใต้หลังคา  garret loft hong-tai-lang-ka

 

atticism

N แบบอย่าง ของ เอเธนส์  ความชื่นชอบ เอเธนส์ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ATTIC

a.[L. Atticus; Gr. ] Pertaining to Attica in Greece, or to its principal city, Athens. Thus, Attic wit, Attic salt, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians; Attic faith, inviolable faith.
Attic base, a peculiar base used by the ancient architects in the Ionic order, or column; and by Palladio and others, in the Doric.
Attic order, an order of small square pillars at the uppermost extremity of a building. This had its origin in Athens, and was intended to conceal the roof. These pillars should never exceed one third of the length of the order on which they are placed, nor be less than one quarter of it.
Attic story, a story in the upper part of a house, where the windows usually are square.

 

ATTIC

n. 1. A small square pillar with its cornice on the uppermost part of a building. Attics properly form the crown of the building, or a finishing for the other orders, when they are used in the structure.
2. An Athenian; an Athenian author.

 

ATTICISM

n. 1. The peculiar style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; refined and elegant Greek; concise and elegant expression.
2. A particular attachment to the Athenians.

 

ATTICIZE

v.t.To conform or make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica.

 

ATTICIZE

v.i.To use atticisms, or the idiom of the Athenians.

 

ATTICS

n.plu. The title of a book in Pausanias, which treats of Attica.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ATTIC

At "tic, a. Etym: [L. Atticus, Gr.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch. ), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and "Roman Doric " orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. -- Attic faith, inviolable faith. -- Attic purity, special purity of language. -- Attic salt, Attic wit, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. -- Attic story. See Attic, n. -- Attic style, a style pure and elegant.

 

ATTIC

At "tic, n. Etym: [In sense (a ) from F. attique, orig. meaning Attic. See Attic, a.]

 

1. (Arch. ) (a ) A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence: (b ) A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.

 

2. An Athenian; an Athenian author.

 

ATTICAL

ATTICAL At "tic *al, a.

 

Defn: Attic. [Obs. ] Hammond.

 

ATTICISM

At "ti *cism, n. Etym: [Gr.

 

1. A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.

 

2. The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.

 

ATTICIZE

At "ti *cize, v. t. Etym: [Gr.

 

Defn: To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc. , of Attica.

 

ATTICIZE

ATTICIZE At "ti *cize, v. i.

 

1. To side with the Athenians.

 

2. To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Attic

At tic |ˈatik ˈædɪk | ▶adjective of or relating to Athens or Attica, or the dialect of Greek spoken there in ancient times. ▶noun the dialect of Greek used by the ancient Athenians, the chief literary form of classical Greek. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek Attikos.

 

attic

at tic |ˈatik ˈædɪk | ▶noun a space or room just below the roof of a building. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (as an architectural term designating a small order (column and entablature ) above a taller one ): from French attique, from Latin Atticus ‘relating to Athens or Attica. ’

 

Attica

At ti ca |ˈatikə ˈædəkə | 1 a triangular promontory in eastern Greece. With the islands in the Saronic Gulf, it forms a department of Greece, of which Athens is the capital. 2 a town in western New York, the scene of a bloody 1971 prison uprising; pop. 7,533 (est. 2008 ).

 

Atticism

At ti cism |ˈatəˌsizəm ˈædəsɪzəm | ▶noun a word or form characteristic of Attic Greek. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek Attikismos, from Attikos (see Attic ). From the original sense of ‘the Greek language as used by the Athenians, ’ arose the meaning ‘refined, elegant Greek, ’ later extended to language in general.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Attic

Attic |ˈatɪk | ▶adjective relating to ancient Athens or Attica, or the dialect of Greek spoken there. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the dialect of Greek used by the ancient Athenians. It was the chief literary form of classical Greek. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek Attikos.

 

attic

attic |ˈatɪk | ▶noun a space or room inside or partly inside the roof of a building. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (as an architectural term designating a small order (column and entablature ) above a taller one ): from French attique, from Latin Atticus ‘relating to Athens or Attica ’.

 

Attica

Attica |ˈatɪkə | a triangular promontory of eastern Greece. With the islands in the Saronic Gulf it forms a department of Greece, of which Athens is the capital.

 

Atticism

Atticism |ˈatɪsɪz (ə )m | ▶noun a word or form characteristic of Attic Greek, regarded as having particular literary elegance. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek Attikismos, from Attikos (see Attic ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

attic

attic noun all my summer clothes are in the attic: loft, garret.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

attic

attic noun a short flight of rickety steps led to the attic: loft, roof space, cock loft; garret, mansard, loft conversion; informal, dated sky parlour.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

attic

at tic /ǽtɪk /名詞 C 屋根裏 (部屋 ) 〘家具などをしまう物置用; 以前は貧しい人の住居でもあった; →garret 〙.

 

Attica

At ti ca /ǽtɪkə /名詞 アッティカ, アッチカ 〘ギリシャ南東部Athens周辺地域; 古代アテネの支配下にあった地域 〙.