classicist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *klāssis

Latin classis

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin classicuslbor.

French classiquebor.

English classic

English -ist

English classicist

From classic + -ist.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: klăsĭsĭst, IPA^(key): /ˈklæsɪsɪst/

Noun

classicist (plural classicists)

1. A classical scholar, especially one who studies ancient Greek and Latin language and culture.
2. A follower of classicism.

Derived terms

• classicistic

Translations

classical scholar

• Finnish: klassisten kielten tutkija (one who studies languages), klassisten kulttuurien tutkija (one who studies cultures)
• French: ^{(please verify)} classiciste (fr) m or f
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} classicista (it) m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} klassisist m

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} klassisist m

• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} classicista m or f
• Russian: классици́ст (ru) m (klassicíst)

follower of classicism

• Finnish: klassisti
• French: ^{(please verify)} classiciste (fr) m or f
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} classicista (it) m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} klassisist m

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} klassisist m

• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} classicista m or f
• Russian: классици́ст (ru) m (klassicíst)

References

• “classicist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.