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Definition of Romaic

1. Noun. The modern Greek vernacular.

2. Adjective. Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language.

Definition of Romaic

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

Definition of Romaic

1. Proper noun. (obsolete) The modern Greek language. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to modern Greece, its inhabitants, or its language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Romaic

1. Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language. The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or Neo-Hellenic. 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. Origin: NGr., cf. F. Romaique. See Roman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Romaic

rollway rollways rolly-polies rolly-poly rolly-pooly rolly pollies rolly polly roly-poly roly-poly pudding rolypoliness

rolziracetam rom com rom coms romage romages romaic (current term) romaika romaikas romaine romaine lettuce

romaines romaja romaji romajis romal romals roman roman a clef roman fleuve roman font

Literary usage of Romaic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"The romaic language, or its equivalent, the modern Greek, is the vernacular language of about 1180000 descendants of the ancient Greeks dispersed through ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"Specimens of romaic Lyric Poetry, with a translation into English. To which is prefixed a Concise Treatise on Music. By Paul Maria Leopold Joss. ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"While imprisoned by the Austrians in 1800, Romagnosi is said to have anticipated Oersted in the discovery of the magnetic needle. romaic (ML. ..."

4. The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"The romaic language, or its equivalent, the modern Greek, is the vernacular language of about 1180000 descendants of the ancient Greeks dispersed through ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"... wimple down: The mothers coming to the well Would know the babes they bore; The wives would clasp their husbands, Nor could I part them more." romaic. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"At beat it is only a compromise between ancient Gr~ and romaic, neither conforming to the classical standard : one nor systematically accepting the ..."

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