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Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.

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  1. a. Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.
  2. n. The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or hellenic">Neo-Hellenic.
  3. n. the modern Greek vernacular
  4. adj. relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language
  5. 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.
  6. Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to itslanguage.-- n.
  7. n. the modern Greek vernacular a. relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language