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 | | ‘Solecism’ history sounds Greek to me By Nathan Bierma Special to the Tribune Published August 19, 2004 The Word of the Day that turned up in my e-mail inbox was "solecism," meaning a breach of grammar or etiquette. |
| | Early examples Perseus serves up some early examples of "solecism," including Aristotle's use of "soloikizo" in his classic text "On Rhetoric" to refer to an error of syntax, and Roman historian Aulus Gellius' use of the Latin derivative "soloecismus" to mean "misprint." It also delivers sources that corroborate the story of Soloi. |
| | The earliest available usage of "solecism," Hall says, is by the 6th Century B.C. poet Anakreon, in which he beseeches Zeus, as Hall translates, "to silence the solecian speech lest you utter barbarisms." Whose speech Anakreon wants Zeus to silence, and why he calls it solecian, is not known. |
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