3 example sentences using koine.
Koine used in a sentence
Koine in a sentence as a noun
I'm teaching myself koine Greek right now, and easily recognize the alphabet.
Actually, when koine Greek was first being critically examined, it was theorized that it was hardly Greek at all, but more of a hellenization of Aramaic.
> languagedialects with regional substrate and vulgar varieties; koine written greek is a rather late standard, perhaps not byzantine, but koine literally means "written", in contrast to spoken.> lifestylelike what?
Koine definitions
a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
See also: 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"
See also: interlanguage