Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Accismus is a feigned refusal of something earnestly desired.The 1823 Encyclopædia Britannica writes that accismus may sometimes be considered a virtue, sometimes a vice.The Latin term comes from the Greek word is "ἀκκισμός", which, according to Britannica, was "supposed to be formed from Acco (Greek: Akko), the name of a foolish old woman, famous in antiquity for an affectation of this kind." (An 1806 Lexicon manuale Graeco-Latinum et Latino-Graecum agrees with this derivation."@en }
Showing triples 1 to 1 of
1
with 100 triples per page.
- Accismus comment "Accismus is a feigned refusal of something earnestly desired.The 1823 Encyclopædia Britannica writes that accismus may sometimes be considered a virtue, sometimes a vice.The Latin term comes from the Greek word is "ἀκκισμός", which, according to Britannica, was "supposed to be formed from Acco (Greek: Akko), the name of a foolish old woman, famous in antiquity for an affectation of this kind." (An 1806 Lexicon manuale Graeco-Latinum et Latino-Graecum agrees with this derivation.".