a clear, pleasing style of language that became admired in ancient Greece early in the 1st century BC and later in other places, or a word or phrase typical of this style

Atticism in Rome may be dated from about 60 B.C. 罗马的典雅语风可以追溯到公元前 60年左右。

It was said that a translator of the New Testament altered an Atticism to a more common, less literary form. 据说《新约》的翻译者用更日常、更口语化的语言代替了原本使用的典雅语风。