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Webster 1913 Edition
Romaic
Ro-ma′ic
,Adj.
[NGr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]: cf. F.
romaïque
. See Roman
.] Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.
– Noun.
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
Ῥομαῖοι
, 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.