From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Romaic \Ro*ma"ic\, a. [NGr. ????: cf. F. roma["i]que. See
{Roman}.]
Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its
language. -- n. The modern Greek language, now usually called
by the Greeks {Hellenic} or {Neo-Hellenic}.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hellenic \Hel*len"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? the Greeks.]
Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece;
Greek; Grecian. "The Hellenic forces." --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hellenic \Hel*len"ic\, n.
The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic,
which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of
Alexander.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hellenic
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient
Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology";
"classical [syn: {classical}, {classic}, {Greco-Roman},
{Graeco-Roman}, {Hellenic}]
2: relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek
civilization [syn: {Hellenic}, {Hellenistic},
{Hellenistical}]
3: of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks
or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe"
[syn: {Greek}, {Grecian}, {Hellenic}]
n 1: the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of
languages [syn: {Greek}, {Hellenic}, {Hellenic language}]
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