Koine

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

koine

Koine Greek

Hellenistic Greek

Translations

koiné

grec koiné

Koine

koiné

koinè

Koinè

Ελληνιστική Κοινή

koiné

koinè

κοινός

Κοινή

ellinistikí kiní|ελληνιστική κοινή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔɪˈneɪ/

Etymology

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”).