Κοινή

See also: κοινή, Koine, koine, koiné, and koinè

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Shortened form of ἡ κοινή διάλεκτος (hē koinḗ diálektos, “the common dialect”), from κοινός (koinós, “common”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koi̯.nɛ̌ː/ → /cyˈni/ → /ciˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /koi̯.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈni/

Proper noun

Κοινή • (Koinḗ) f (genitive Κοινῆς); first declension

1. Koine Greek

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κοινή; τῆς Κοινῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κοινή hē Koinḗ
Genitive	τῆς Κοινῆς tês Koinês
Dative	τῇ Κοινῇ têi Koinêi
Accusative	τὴν Κοινήν tḕn Koinḗn
Vocative	Κοινή Koinḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Koine

References

• “κοινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Noun

Κοινή • (Koiní) f

1. (linguistics) → see κοινή (koiní) (language)