Koina
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Koina is a noun meaning A local dialect of a koine.
Meaning
A local dialect of a koine.
More Meanings
- plural of koinon
Example Sentences
The documents from Kytenion are in North-west Greek koina:[…]
The normal assumption that Τέταρτος is due to Doric or Attic influence and τέτορτος is the ‘correct’ form cannot be accepted a priori, but is supported by the presence of τέταρτος in a few Mantinean inscriptions written almost in Doric koina.
The Sicilian Hellenistic inscriptions, and especially the public ones, show a highly standardized language, which can be called Sicilian Doric koina. The Sicilian Doric koina was similar to other Doric koinas such as the koina of Rhodes, of the Achaean League, of north-western Greece, which were also especially used for public purposes. The existence of these Doric koinas is usually taken to indicate the resilience of the Doric-speaking areas to the encroachment of the Attic-based koine.
Word Forms
- koinas
- koinai
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coine, coyn, coyne, coin, kondakion, cryptocoin.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.