Koine

Significado (Inglés)

The “common” Greek language that developed and flourished between 300 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. (the time of the Roman Empire), and from which Modern Greek descended. It was based on the Attic and Ionian dialects of Ancient Greek.

Conceptos

koiné

Sinónimos

koine

Koine Greek

Hellenistic Greek

Traducciones

koiné

Koine

koinè

grec koiné

Koinè

koinè

koiné

κοινός

Κοινή

ellinistikí kiní|ελληνιστική κοινή

Ελληνιστική Κοινή

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɔɪˈneɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοινή (Koinḗ), from ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος (hē koinḕ diálektos, “the common dialect”), from κοινός (koinós, “shared, common, public, general, ordinary, usual”).