Modern Greek

American  

noun

1. the Greek language since c1500. ModGk, Mod. Gk.

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Modern Greek British  

noun

1. the Greek language since about 1453 _ad (the fall of Byzantium) Compare Demotic Katharevusa

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Etymology

Origin of Modern Greek

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

"Essentially this analysis unsettles the claim that Modern Greek is an isolate language."

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

"Romeyka is a sister, rather than a daughter, of Modern Greek," said Sitaridou, a Fellow of Queens' College and Professor of Spanish and Historical Linguistics in Cambridge's Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

Sitaridou's most important findings include the conclusion that Romeyka descends from Hellenistic Greek not Medieval Greek, making it distinct from other Modern Greek dialects.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

Then he plucked a slim paperback off a nearby shelf—“A Modern Greek Reader for Beginners,” by J. T. Pring—bent over it till his eyes were inches from the page, and started to translate.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

Sir Anthony Holdsworth, who had translated Pindar, was talking to Ralph Enderby, who had written a book on "Modern Greek Folk Lore."

From Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches by Baring, Maurice