[roh-mey-ik] 
| 1. | demotic (def. 5). |
| 2. | of or pertaining to modern Greece, its inhabitants, or their language. |
[di-mot-ik] | 1. | of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular: a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to the common people; popular. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500. |
| 4. | demotic script. |
| 5. | (initial capital letter ) Also called Romaic. the Modern Greek vernacular (distinguished from Katharevusa ). |
| Ro·ma·ic (rō-mā'ĭk) n. Modern Greek. [Modern Greek Rhōmaikos, from Greek, Roman, from Rhōmē, Rome, from Latin Rōma.] Ro·ma'ic adj. |