katharevousan.

/ˌkaθəˈrɛvəsə/

Forms: Also katharevoussa, katharevusa.

Etymology: < modern Greek καθαρεύουσα, feminine of καθαρεύων, present participle of Ancient Greek καθαρεύειν to be pure, < καθαρός pure.

The purist form of Modern Greek; the ‘official’ language as opposed to the spoken and literary demotic adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > modern

Romaic1723

Romaika1797

neo-Hellenic1869

demotic1901

katharevousa1912

1912 S. Angus tr. A. Thumb Handbk. Mod. Gr. Vernacular p. xi The term ‘modern Greek’..designates two forms of language—first, the living language..; and, secondly, the literary language, the καθαρεύουσα.

1956 J. Pring Compan. Greece 31 Katharevusa is used not only in official and technical matters, but also in public notices, shop signs and the news columns of the press.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 May 288/4 The literary language was..the katharevousa, that artificial pseudo-antique speech.

1969 R. Browning Mediaeval & Mod. Greek 150 Katharevousa, the learned, archaising form of Modern Greek.

1969 ‘E. Lathen’ When in Greece vi. 63 His Greek was..a shade pedantic. He used the precise formulations of the Katharevoussa.

1974 C. Spencer How Greeks kidnapped Mrs Nixon viii. 53 The Greek Prime Minister was..using, as was customary, the official language, Katharevousa.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	katharevousa
释义	katharevousan. /ˌkaθəˈrɛvəsə/ Forms: Also katharevoussa, katharevusa. Etymology: < modern Greek καθαρεύουσα, feminine of καθαρεύων, present participle of Ancient Greek καθαρεύειν to be pure, < καθαρός pure. The purist form of Modern Greek; the ‘official’ language as opposed to the spoken and literary demotic adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > modern Romaic1723 Romaika1797 neo-Hellenic1869 demotic1901 katharevousa1912 1912 S. Angus tr. A. Thumb Handbk. Mod. Gr. Vernacular p. xi The term ‘modern Greek’..designates two forms of language—first, the living language..; and, secondly, the literary language, the καθαρεύουσα. 1956 J. Pring Compan. Greece 31 Katharevusa is used not only in official and technical matters, but also in public notices, shop signs and the news columns of the press. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 May 288/4 The literary language was..the katharevousa, that artificial pseudo-antique speech. 1969 R. Browning Mediaeval & Mod. Greek 150 Katharevousa, the learned, archaising form of Modern Greek. 1969 ‘E. Lathen’ When in Greece vi. 63 His Greek was..a shade pedantic. He used the precise formulations of the Katharevoussa. 1974 C. Spencer How Greeks kidnapped Mrs Nixon viii. 53 The Greek Prime Minister was..using, as was customary, the official language, Katharevousa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1912
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