Romaic

American  

[roh-mey-ik] / roʊˈmeɪ ɪk /

noun

1. demotic.

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adjective

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

Romaic British  

/ rəʊˈmeɪɪk /

noun

1. the modern Greek vernacular, esp Demotic

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adjective

1. of or relating to Greek, esp Demotic

Etymology

Origin of Romaic

1800–10; < Greek Rhōmaïkós Roman, equivalent to Rhōma ( îos ) Roman + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

One of these plays has been translated into German, and thus made accessible to those of the readers of that language whose studies have not reached into the musical Romaic.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

The fact, as Lafcadio states, that he could only stammer half Italian, half Romaic, when he first arrived in Dublin, rather points to a Maltese origin.

From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.

This part of the church is the sanctuary, and is called, in Romaic, αγιο, Βημο, or Θημο.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

When one finds practically the same "tags" of verse in such different dialects as Danish and Romaic, German and Italian, one cannot imagine that these sprang up independently in Denmark, Greece, Germany, and Florence.

From Europa's Fairy Book by Batten, John Dickson

Cont. are identical with those of the Second Edition; but the Fac Simile of the Romaic Letter is not mentioned in the Table of Cont. nor inserted in the volume.

From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley