attic
noun
[ ˈatɪk ]
• a space or room inside or partly inside the roof of a building.
• "I discovered a dozen rolls of the original wallpaper in a tin trunk in the attic"
Origin:
late 17th century (as an architectural term designating a small order (column and entablature) above a taller one): from French attique, from Latin Atticus ‘relating to Athens or Attica’.
Attic
adjective
• relating to ancient Athens or Attica, or the dialect of Greek spoken there.
Attic
noun
• the dialect of Greek used by the ancient Athenians. It was the chief literary form of classical Greek.
Origin:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek Attikos .
