koine
/koi-ney, koi-ney/US // kɔɪˈneɪ, ˈkɔɪ neɪ //UK // (ˈkɔɪniː) //
寇氏,寇氏集团,寇氏兄弟,寇氏家族
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- : a lingua franca.
Examples
He calls this degree stata forma,—a rational, mediocre sort of beauty, which is not liable to be either koine or poine.
The author, as already shown, writes in the smooth and easy Koine of a gifted and cultivated Jew of Palestine.
But as we were then leaving Koine, and were not yet melted with the grief of absence, I had the courage to resist their demand.
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