ancient greek

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   the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire

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Questions about ancient greek

What does ancient greek mean?

ancient greek means "the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire".

Is ancient greek a common word?

ancient greek is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.