Late Greek

noun

the Greek of the early Byzantine Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 100 to 700. Abbreviation: LGk

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Late Greek

noun

the Greek language from about the 3rd to the 8th centuries adCompare Medieval Greek, Koine

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