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Definition of Byzantine greek
1. Noun. The Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD.
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
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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