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

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

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

So speakers of Modern Greek would say I want that I go instead of I want to go.

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

It is this peculiarity which has facilitated the construction of the literary pastiche called Modern Greek, and perhaps it is this which will long prevent the production of real literature in that language or pseudo-language.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George