˜yÐÄvlog

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Romaic

[ roh-mey-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to modern Greece, its inhabitants, or their language.

Romaic

/ °ùəʊˈ³¾±ðɪɪ°ì /

noun

  1. the modern Greek vernacular, esp Demotic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Greek, esp Demotic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Romaic1

1800–10; < Greek ¸é³óų¾²¹Ã¯°ìó²õ Roman, equivalent to ¸é³óų¾²¹ ( î´Ç²õ ) Roman + -ikos -ic
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Romaic1

C19: from Greek ¸é³óų¾²¹ikos Roman, with reference to the Eastern Roman Empire
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Example Sentences

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I do not know whether Grimm's law would authorise the antithesis of a d for a p sound, but every student of Romaic will allow the tendency that i and o sounds have for interchanging.

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I have not at this moment a Testament in ancient Greek by me but in the Romaic the paragraph alluded to runs thus: Verse 4.

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The next world of the Romaic songs is far from being a place "where all smiles and is glad;" the forebodings of the Corsican's Chilina's mother are common enough here in Greece.

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Romaic, a name which recalls a time when the Byzantines were known as "Romans" throughout the East, differs far less from the classical standard than do any of the Romance tongues from Latin.

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It includes, in all, only ten languages, the Celtic and Slavonic being excluded, as well as the Turkish and Romaic, a thing which would now seem strange.

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