Attic Greek

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Attic Greek

proper noun

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. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc.
Similar: Attic, Atticism

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

日本語	アッティカ方言 attika hōgen
中文	阿提卡希臘語 /阿提卡希腊语 Ātíkǎ Xīlà yǔ, 阿提卡方言 Ātíkǎ fāngyán
Português	ático
Deutsch	Attisch
Ελληνικά	Αττική διάλεκτος Attikí diálektos

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@misc{attic_greek_2026,
  title = {Attic Greek},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/attic%20greek},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}