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Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek. Grecian bend, among women, an affected carriage of the body, the upper part being inclined forward. [Collog.] -- Grecian fire. See Greek fire, under Greek.

To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.

Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n.

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.

ks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot.

A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. Dryden.

The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed. Harris. Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. Dryden.

To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with. Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee Dryden.

Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.

listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel. I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior.

The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.

To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized. T. Warton.

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Greek calends. See under Calends. -- Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the…

A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.

Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian. "The Hellenic forces." Jowett (Thucyd. ).

of a person. He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement. I. Taylor.

inctions. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. Broome. -- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.

Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.