通用希腊语(Koine Greek;Κοινὴ Ἑλληνική或ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος,“通用方言”),又译民间希腊语、通用希腊语或共通希腊语,或作希利尼话(Hellenistic)或亚历山大语(Alexandrian),是指公元前3世纪到公元3世纪时期,在欧洲及中东所流行的希腊语。
那个时候,拉丁语还仍然是学术界的通用语言,因此这个希腊语单词之所以能够得以进入到英语的医学术语,完全要归功于一篇用拉丁语写成的文章。
Latin was still the language of scholarship and so it was a Latin text that sanctioned the use of the Greek word in English medicine.
语言:希腊语为官方语言。法语和英语也通用。
Language: Greek is the official language, French and English are also widely used.
第一世纪时的希腊语,就如当今的英语一样,是国际通用的语言。
Greek in the first century, much as English is today, was the universal language.
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