Skip to main content

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. 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.