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Romaic, a. and n.|rəʊˈmeɪɪk|
[ad. Gr. Ῥωµαϊκός Roman (f. Ῥώµη Rōma Rome), used spec. of the Eastern empire.]
1. Forming, composed in, pertaining to, etc., the vernacular language of modern Greece.
1809W. R. Wright Horæ Ionicæ (1816) 61 The Romaic or modern Greek language. Ibid. 65 The Romaic dialect. 1811Byron (title), Translation of the Romaic Song. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 184 Throughout these parts we found the Romaic language still spoken. 1872C. W. King Gems & Rings I. 311 The Greek legends..perpetually exhibit the so-called Romaic pronunciation of the vowels.
b. n. The vernacular language of modern Greece; a dialect of modern Greek.
1810Byron Let. to H. Drury 3 May, I speak the Romaic, or modern Greek. 1811― Ch. Har. ii. lxxiii. note, The Albanians speak a Romaic as notoriously corrupt as the Scotch of Aberdeenshire. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 43 The people of Nezero..speak Romaic.
2. Romaic dance, = Romaika 2.
1830H. G. Knight Eastern Sk. (ed. 3) Pref. p. xxxi, The Romaic dance, said to have been the invention of Theseus. |