Definition of Byzantine Greek

1. Noun. The Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD.

Exact synonyms: Medieval Greek, Middle Greek
Generic synonyms: Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic Language

Definition of Byzantine Greek

1. Proper noun. Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the w:Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire ((A.D.) 330–1453), preceded by Koine Greek and succeeded by Modern Greek. (w:ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3 code: gkm.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Byzantine Greek

Byelorussian
Byelorussian SSR
Byelorussians
Byler disease
Byrd
Byron
Byronesque
Byronian
Byronians
Byronic
Byronically
Bywater
Byzantine
Byzantine Church
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Greek (current term)
Byzantine Patriarch
Byzantine Patriarchs
Byzantine arch palate
Byzantine architecture
Byzantines
Byzantinesque
Byzantinism
Byzantism
Byzantium
Béarn
Bézier curve
Bézier curves
Béziers
Bêche-de-Mer

Literary usage of Byzantine Greek

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"... was regarded as representing the Byzantine Greek Codices of the Gospels. Then Nolan next assumed that this Brescia MS. contains the Latin version in its ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"Coming to America in 1829, he became professor of ancient, modern, and Byzantine Greek in Harvard University in 1860. Among his publications are : ' Romaic ..."

3. Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1888)
"In the last year he became assistant professor, and in 1860 he was given the chair of ancient, modern, and Byzantine Greek, which he retained till his death ..."

4. Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1885)
"... as is commonly supposed, but from a word of Byzantine Greek origin, ... later Byzantine Greek they often confused the two themselves, ..."

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