Ro‐ma″ic (?), a. [NGr. ����: cf. F. romaïque. 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.
☞ The Greeks at the time of the capture of Constantinople were proud of being Ρομαἱ̑οι, 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.