The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Neo-Hellenic \Ne`o-Hel*len"ic\, n.
Same as Romaic.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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