💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Katharevousa"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| demotic greeknoun | The Modern Greek vernacular language. It became the official Modern Greek in 1976 when Katharevousa was replaced, and was written in polytonic script until 1982, and in monotonic script after 1982. |
| new greeknoun | Synonym of Modern Greek. |
| medieval greeknoun | Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during medieval times, preceded by Hellenistic Koine Greek and succeeded by Modern Greek |
| attic greeknoun | The dialect of Ancient Greek used in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, from 500 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Ionic Greek and a main contributor to Koine. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc. |
| hellenistic greeknoun | Synonym of Koine (the Greek language from the time of Alexander the Great) |
| mediaeval greeknoun | Alternative spelling of Medieval Greek. [Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during medieval times, preceded by Hellenistic Koine Greek and succeeded by Modern Greek] |
| modern greeknoun | The Greek language as spoken by the Greek people since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was written using polytonic script until 1982, when this was officially dropped in favour of monotonic. |
| greeknoun | Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture. |
| middle greeknoun | Byzantine Greek |
| hellenistic koinenoun | Synonym of Koine (the Greek dialect of Hellenistic times) |
| ionic greeknoun | The dialect of Ancient Greek used on Euboea and other islands in the Aegean Sea and in parts of Asia Minor, from around 1000 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Attic Greek and contributing a great deal to Epic Greek. The language of Herodotus, Hippocrates, and Archilochus. |
| graecitynoun | Greek (especially linguistically Greek) character or style. |
| koinenoun | 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. |
| graecismusnoun | (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples. |
| byzantine greeknoun | Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the Byzantine Empire (C.E. 330–1453), preceded by Koine Greek and Early Medieval Greek and succeeded by Late Medieval Greek to Modern Greek. (ISO 639-3 code: grc shared with Classical Greek.) |
| hellenicnoun | Of or relating to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks). |
| katholikosnoun | Alternative form of catholicos. [(Christianity) A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.] |
| kesarianinoun | Dated form of Kaisariani. [A city 5 km east-southeast of Athens in the Attica prefecture of Greece.] |
| atticismnoun | (singular only) The prestige dialect of Classical Greek, as spoken and written by the inhabitants of Attica (chiefly Athens) in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.; Attic Greek. |
| greekistnoun | One who studies or emulates the Ancient Greek language or culture. |
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