The terms ‘koina’ (in the singular) and ‘koinai’ (in the plural) were coined by ancient Greek scholars, but, unlike the term ‘koine’, they do not appear as such in any other genre of Greek texts, literary and epigraphic alike. As a general rule, dialectologists normally use the term ‘koina’ to refer to a local variant of koine or, in other words, to the admixture of koine and the dialect spoken in a particular Doric area. Thus, one of the essential features of a koina is the fact that it cannot be separated from koine, to the extent that the former is defined on the basis of the latter.

Dehaunt the entire premises—so life can return to normal—by ending a slew of damaging ghost sightings.

[W]ill it be possible to mount a larger engine for use in La Paz? I doubt very much if the standard 165 would get off the ground up here with a student. I wish you would take that up with the factory and see if they can put out a job with a suped-up seven-cylinder job. The R-540 I think it is.

Enquiring about the movement of trains—even if you were a passenger on one—could mark you as a saboteur.