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a.
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.
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A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.
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The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.
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A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents.
v. i.
To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
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A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival.
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A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.
v. i.
To side with the Athenians.
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A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.
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That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.
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Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity.
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The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.
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An Athenian; an Athenian author.
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An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.
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Attic.
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The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.
v. t.
To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.
n.
The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.
v. t.
Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
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Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
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