^{page 93 note 1} It is only casually and indirectly that we meet in ancient writings with an allusion to the vernacular speech, of the time by such a designation as or χμδαα λαλι etc.—In modern Greek this colloquial or illiterate form of speech is generally called γλσσα π λ or λαλομμη or δμιλνμμη. The alternative designation as καθομιλνμνη (adopted by Prof. Kretschmer and applied to the speech of the Hellenistic period) is a recent coinage of fastidious Greek scribes who overlook that καθομιλ in the sense of ‘I speak’ is neither modern nor ancient Greek. Those who are not pleased with the term δμιλινμμη should at least adopt the form καθωιλμμη.

^{page 94 note 1} Johannes Philoponos (in ed. Aldus Manutius' Thesaurus of 1496, fol. 286 f.,) .

^{page 95 note 1} Compare also Moiris the Atticist who, writing in the interest of the purely Attic dialect, contradistinguishes from it as κοινν or panhellenic the stock common to all the dialects, including Attic, and as Ἑλληνικν or Hellenic the stock common to all the dialects except Attic. (common to all). .

^{page 95 note 2} Compare Sext. 608, 17 .