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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

   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.

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. ).

Hellenic \Hel*len"ic\, n.
   The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic,
   which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of
   Alexander.

Source : WordNet®

Hellenic
     adj 1: characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures [syn:
             {Greco-Roman}, {Graeco-Roman}]
     2: relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek
        civiliHzation [syn: {Hellenistic}, {Hellenistical}]
     3: of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks;
        "Greek mythology"; "a grecian robe" [syn: {Greek}, {Grecian}]

Hellenic
     n : the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
         [syn: {Greek}, {Hellenic language}]
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