OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14000

classical

/ˈklæs.ɪ.k(ə)l/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
clásico
Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college.
clásico
Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined
1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 1, page 151. Classical, provincial, and national synods.
classical dance