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Koine

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Koi·ne  (koi-n, koin)
n.
1. A dialect of Greek that developed primarily from Attic and became the common language of the Hellenistic world, from which later stages of Greek are descended.
2. koine A lingua franca.
3. koine A regional dialect or language that becomes the standard language over a wider area, losing its most extreme local features.

[From Greek (h) koin (dialektos), common (language), feminine of koinos, common; see kom in Indo-European roots.]

koine [ˈkɔɪniː]
n
(Linguistics) a common language among speakers of different languages; lingua franca
[from Greek koinē dialektos common language]

Koine [ˈkɔɪniː]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) (sometimes not capital) the. the Ancient Greek dialect that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely used throughout the E Mediterranean area in Roman times
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Noun1.Koine - a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language - the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
2.koine - a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"
language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"


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It amounts to treating the once revered and despotic Castilian as a linguistic variation of the koine (or common language) we know as Spanish.
The Koine Greek word kainos often translates the Hebrew word used by the psalmist.
The great majority of the Holy Synod opted to keep Koine Greek as it was spoken 2,000 years ago and used in New Testament texts.
 
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