κοινόλεκτος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κοινός (common) +‎ λεκτός (capable of being spoken). See Koine Greek κοινολεκτέω / κοινολεκτῶ (use the language of common life).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κοινόλεκτος (koinólektosm or f (neuter κοινόλεκτον); second declension (Koine)

  1. in the language of common life

Inflection

Descendants

Greek

Etymology

From the Hellenistic adjective of Koine Greek κοινόλεκτος (koinólektos, in the language of common life).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ciˈnolektos/
  • Hyphenation: κοι‧νό‧λε‧κτος

Noun

κοινόλεκτος (koinólektosf (plural κοινόλεκτοι)

  1. (linguistics) the common body of a standard language which is spoken by all, including the dialectal speakers of regional or other varieties.

Declension

Declension of κοινόλεκτος
singular plural
nominative κοινόλεκτος (koinólektos) κοινόλεκτοι (koinólektoi)
genitive κοινολέκτου (koinoléktou) κοινολέκτων (koinolékton)
accusative κοινόλεκτο (koinólekto) κοινολέκτους (koinoléktous)
vocative κοινόλεκτε (koinólekte)
κοινόλεκτο (koinólekto)
κοινόλεκτοι (koinólektoi)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ κοινόλεκτος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας:  [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.