■ adjective
1》 relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
↘(of art or architecture) influenced by ancient Greek or Roman forms or principles.
2》 (of a form of art or a language) representing an exemplary standard within a traditional and long-established form or style: a ~ ballet.
↘(of music) of traditional and long-established form or style or (more specifically) written in the European tradition during a period lasting approximately from 1750 to 1830, when forms such as the symphony were standardized.
3》 relating to the first significant period of an area of study: ~ Marxism.
↘ Physics relating to or based upon concepts and theories which preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics; Newtonian.
Derivatives
~ism noun
~ity noun
~ly adverb