English Dictionary

Katharevousa

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌkaθəˈɹɛvuːsə/

固有名詞

A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, based on Classical Greek and used for formal and official purposes; it was legally displaced as the official language of Greece in 1976 by Demotic Greek.

日本語の意味

古典ギリシャ語に基づいた、現代ギリシャ語の学術的・公式用の文体。形式的な場面で用いられたが、1976年に民衆語（デモティック・ギリシャ語）に取って代わられた。

Many nineteenth-century Greek poets wrote in Katharevousa to lend their work a classical tone.

多くの19世紀のギリシャの詩人たちは、作品に古典的な趣を与えるために、古典ギリシャ語に基づく学究的で古風な現代ギリシャ語の形式（公的・公式な場で用いられた）で書いた。

意味（1）

A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, based on Classical Greek and used for formal and official purposes; it was legally displaced as the official language of Greece in 1976 by Demotic Greek.

‘You read the poetry of Cavafy, I have taught you to speak Katharevousa and Italian.’