Atticism

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In prose also the Augustans upheld the refined and chaste work of classical Atticism, an ideal which they derived from the Romans of the preceding generation rather than from teachers like Apollodorus.

From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney

The Atticism which had guided and comprehended, now began to cramp development.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

But though Atticism may be divided into several kinds, these mimic Athenians suspect but one.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.

They have, it seems, a certain Urbanitas, or Atticism, in their Language, of which the common Ears are ever sensible, though only their great Speakers attain to it.

From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II by Colden, Cadwallader

The first character, then, to be described, is the Orator who, according to some, is the only one that has any just pretensions to Atticism.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.