Ancient Greek

ancient Greek English grc Pronunciation en /ˈeɪn.ʃənt ˈɡɹiːk/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ancient Greek.wav Southern England Proper noun Ancient Greek Any of the various forms of the Greek language of classical antiquity, particularly the classical Attic dialect used in Athenian literature. en ancient Greek#Proper noun Usage notes The period is roughly understood as spanning from the end of Mycenaean Greek during the 12th-century bc to the advent of Medieval Greek (or Byzantine Greek) following the fall of Rome in the 5th century ad. However, the term often excludes archaic forms (such as Homeric Greek) and late forms of the popular language (the "Koine", "Hellenistic", or "Biblical" Greek commonly spoken from the Hellenistic period onward and whose late forms are often indistinguishable from Medieval Greek). Further, Ancient Greek continued to be used as a literary language throughout the Byzantine period and (to a lesser extent) into the present day. The term is also sometimes—as in ISO 639—used more generally for any premodern form of Greek, with a common cutoff date of 1453 (the Fall of Constantinople). Synonyms en Greek Meronyms en Aeolic, en Aeolic Greek en Boeotian en Lesbian en Arcado-Cypriot, en Arcadocypriot Greek en Arcadic en Cypriot en Attic, en Attic Greek en Doric en Cretan en Epic Greek en Homeric Greek en Ionic, en Ionic Greek Translations the Greek language of classical antiquity Arabic: ar اللُّغَة الْيُونَانِيَّة الْقَدِيمَة f al-luḡa l-yūnāniyya l-qadīma, ar الإِغْرِيقِيَّة f, ar اللُّغَة الإِغْرِيقِيَّة f al-luḡa l-ʔiḡrīqiyya Armenian: hy հին հունարեն Belarusian: be старажытнагрэ́цкая мо́ва f, be старажытнагрэ́чаская мо́ва f Bengali: bn কদীম ইউনানী ভাষা Breton: br henc'hresianeg m Bulgarian: bg старогръ́цки m Catalan: ca grec antic m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 古希臘語 gǔ Xīlàyǔ, cmn 古代希臘語 gǔdài Xīlàyǔ Corsican: co grecu anticu m Czech: cs starořečtina f Danish: da oldgræsk c Dutch: nl Oudgrieks n Esperanto: used attributively eo malnovgreka, eo antikva greka lingvo, eo malnovgreka lingvo Faroese: fo forngrikskt n Finnish: fi muinaiskreikka French: fr grec ancien m, fr grec antique m rare Frisian: West Frisian: fy Aldgryksk n, fy Ald-Gryksk n Galician: gl grego antigo m Georgian: ka ძველი ბერძნული ენა, ka ძველბერძნული ენა, ka ძველი ბერძნული, ka ძველბერძნული German: de Altgriechisch n Greek: el αρχαία ελληνικά n-p Ancient Greek: grc Ἑλληνική Hindi: hi प्राचीन यूनानी f Hungarian: hu ógörög Icelandic: is forngríska f Interlingua: ia lingua grec ancian, ia greco ancian Irish: ga Sean-Ghréigis f Italian: it greco antico m Japanese: ja 古代ギリシャ語 こだいギリシャご, kodai Girisha-go Korean: ko 고대 그리스어, ko 희랍어 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr yewnaniya kevn f Latin: la graece antique Latvian: lv sengrieķu valoda f Lithuanian: lt senovės graikų kalba f Macedonian: mk старогр́чки m Marathi: mr प्राचीन ग्रीक f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb gammelgresk m Occitan: oc grèc antic m, oc grèc ancian m Polish: pl starożytna greka f Portuguese: pt grego antigo m Romanian: ro greaca antică f definite form, ro greaca veche f definite form Russian: ru древнегре́ческий язы́к m, ru древнегре́ческий m Scots: sco Auncient Greek Scottish Gaelic: gd Seann Ghreugais f Serbo-Croatian: sh старогрчки, sh starogrčki Slovak: sk starogréčtina f Spanish: es griego antiguo m Swedish: sv klassisk grekiska c, sv gammalgrekiska c, sv antik grekiska c Turkish: tr Antik Yunanca, tr Eski Yunanca, tr Grekçe Ukrainian: uk давньогре́цька мо́ва f Vietnamese: vi tiếng Hy Lạp cổ đại Welsh: cy Hen Roeg f Yakut: sah былыргы гириэк тыла See also grc Noun Ancient Greek en ancient Greek a native or inhabitant of Ancient Greece. Usage notes Usually, ancient is not capitalized in this sense. Synonyms en Greek Adjective - Ancient Greek en ancient Greek of or relating to Ancient Greece. References Ancient Greek Ancient Greek Further reading 1 grc grc en Greek en retronyms en Ancient Greece Greek demonyms Languages