Attic Greek

English

Proper noun

Attic Greek

1. The dialect of Ancient Greek used in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, from 500 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Ionic Greek and a main contributor to Koine Greek. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc.

   Synonyms: Attic, Atticism

Translations

pre-eminent Ancient Greek dialect used in Attica 500–300 BC

• Armenian: ատտիկյան (hy) (attikyan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿提卡希臘語／阿提卡希腊语 (Ātíkǎ Xīlà yǔ), 阿提卡方言 (Ātíkǎ fāngyán)

• Danish: attisk
• Dutch: Attisch (nl)
• Faroese: attiskt n
• Finnish: Attikan murre
• German: Attisch (de) n
• Greek: Αττική διάλεκτος (Attikí diálektos)
• Irish: Gréigis na hAtaice f
• Japanese: アッティカ方言 (attika hōgen)
• Latin: Atthis f
• Portuguese: ático (pt) m
• Swedish: attiska (sv) c

Further reading

• Attic Greek on Wikipedia.Wikipedia