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A GLOSSARY OF LATER 



incapable of appreciating the merits of the best models of antiquity. They confined 

 themselves chiefly to the study and imitation of the earlier ecclesiastical authors, of 

 whom they were great admirers.^" In their writings they endeavored to avoid as much 

 as possible whatever belonged to the spoken language, whicli they designated by the 

 appellations of usage, common usage, common and simple stt/h', the common language, the 

 common and impure language, the common dialect.^ This common, or popular, dialect 

 may be regarded as forming the connecting link between ancient Greek and modern 

 Greek. It is represented by the Chronicon Paschale. by Malalas, the Geoponica, 

 Theophanes, Leo (in his Tactica), Georgius Monachus, Porphyrogcnitus, Symeon 

 Magister, Leo Grammaticus, and others. We may remark here, that, if the ex- 

 pression 3Iedi<ccal Greek is to be used at all, it should be restricted to the language of 

 this epoch. Here follows a list of mediaeval Greek writers. 



Theophjlactus Simocates 



Sophrouius of Jerusalem 



Georgius Pisides 



Concilium Lateranense 



Theophilus Protospatharitis 



Chronicon Paschale 



MulaJas 



Maximus (Confessor) 



Concilium Conslantinopolitanum III. 



Anastasius Slna'ites 



Concilium Quinisextum 



Andreas of Crete 



Cosmos of Jerusalem 



^ Joannes of Sicily does not hesitate to place Demosthenes below Gregory of Nazianzus. Bekker. 1447 

 'O ^eoXoyos ol fiovov ArjfiocrBi'vrjv, dWa Ka\ iravras vnepf^aXfTo, k. t. X. 



^ Phot. 279, p. 530. 29 "On av6paK(vs 6 iv rfi (Tvvijdeta KoKoififvos Kap^avdptos. Compare Id. 66, p. 33 



*EoT» Se rNuo;<^opof] Tqv <j>pd(Tti> dtripiTTOs re Kai tra(f>tis . ... to re yap vfaiTtpoToiov cVkXiVci, kqX to ap)(ai6- 

 TpojTOV Kai e^rjaKTjpivoii oi irapaTpexa. PORrU. Cer. 5 Kadafii'^rifievr] k ai a Tr\ o v a re pa tp p a (t e i k€- 

 Xpflfifda. 619*0 fj KO I V ij avvri6eta Xo^off^ia icaXei. Adm. 68 Aja ko tv ^ s Kai KaOojpiXrjpevris 

 airayy €\ i a s StSa^ai ire tavcvaa. 153 lip^ovXa ij koivtj a-vvTjBcia ra SouXiicibj (read fiovXiica) (prja'iv 

 vwoSripaTa, Ka\ T^fp^ovXiavovs Tovs ra fVT^Xrj Ka\ ircftxpa (woS^/iara (frnpovvras. ThEOPH. CoNT. 96 A i; K o i v ij 

 y\a>Tra Ka'i prj k a 6 ap a KaXeT p^fpwjSd^fora. 181 .AtjSadiov TrapaKdrai Tvpiv ay p o i k t k jj (f> av fj xaXov/ifvox. 

 232 *0 ^npSouittoi' oiSe (caXeiK ^ (rvvrjOtta. 299 As araKTOvpas Km ydXeas mopd^eiv (IwBaai jrd/i — oXXot. 

 318 KaXbv yap tVi TouTOiy KOivoXcKTeiv. CedR. II, 153, 19 Totr Kara Trjv draroXiji' Mavixalovs, ovs 8fj Kai 

 navXiKidi>ovs dno rav alpfiriapx^v fj KotvoXc|i'a o'Sf KaXf iv. SCTL. 643 To Bt/ piS> 8 e s tovto ku\ Ka6t]pa^fv- 

 uevQV iiriXeyayv, 'Ew (tc eitritra, (j>ovpv€, cto Iva <r€ ;^aXd(rci). 644 Bapdyyovs avTovs r] k o i v i] opopaQei o t a\ f k T o s . 



