Thesaurus: romaic
Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.
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Definitions
- a. Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.
- n. The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or hellenic">Neo-Hellenic.
- n. the modern Greek vernacular
- adj. relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language
- Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language. -- n. The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or hellenic">Neo-Hellenic. Note: The Greeks at the time of the capture of Constantinople were proud of being "Romai^oi, or Romans . . . Hence the term Romaic was the name given to the popular language. . . . The Greek language is now spoken of as the Hellenic language. Encyc. Brit.
- Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to itslanguage.-- n.
- n. the modern Greek vernacular a. relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language