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Etymology
From Gr. καθαÏεÏοÏÏα (katharévousa) < femininine of καθαÏεÏÏν (katharévon), present participle of AGr. polytonic|καθαÏεÏÏ (kathareuÅ) "I am clean, pure"
Noun
en-proper noun
- A learned, archaising form of modern Greek, the artificial Greek language based on Classical Greek, used for formal and official purposes, primarily written but not used for conversation. Legally displaced in 1976 by Demotic Greek.
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Classical Greek
Demotic Greek, demotic
Koine
af:Katharevousa
is:Katharevousa
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