Expertlatin
No, there are plenty of ancient Greek words that have μπ and ντ in there somewhere.
- Did the ancient Greeks really not have a word for blue?
- Why didn't the Greeks have a word for blue?
- When did people stop speaking Koine Greek?
- Does the Koine Greek use punctuation?
Did the ancient Greeks really not have a word for blue?
The Greeks were able to distinguish shades of blue just as vividly as we can now, despite lacking a specific vocabulary for them.
Why didn't the Greeks have a word for blue?
Why there is no word for “blue” in Ancient Greek? This is a myth. Ancient Greek had two words for “blue” which are still used (formally) to this day. Kyanos from which the English “cyan” developed, was a darker blue, while glaukos which was a lighter blue.
When did people stop speaking Koine Greek?
Koine, the fairly uniform Hellenistic Greek spoken and written from the 4th century bc until the time of the Byzantine emperor Justinian (mid-6th century ad) in Greece, Macedonia, and the parts of Africa and the Middle East that had come under the influence or control of Greeks or of Hellenized rulers.
Does the Koine Greek use punctuation?
In actual Greek texts from the era when Koine Greek was used as a day-to-day language, Greek was usually written with no punctuation. The words ran together completely, with no spacing or markup. Accents, breathing marks, spaces, and other punctuation are added at a much later time, making texts easier to read.
