Sentence example with the word 'demotic'

demotic

Definition adj. of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use

Last update: July 4, 2015


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The demotic stories of Khamois are simple, but the Rape of InarOs Cuirass (at Vienna) is told in a stiff and high-flown style.   [adjective]

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It is a basalt stele inscribed in hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek with a decree of the priests assembled at Memphis in favour of Ptolemy V.   [adjective]

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These papers were in two languages-Greek and demotic, or the popular language of the Egyptians.   [Please select]

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It holds an inscription, written in hieroglyphic, in demotic, and in Greek characters.   [Please select]

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Thereafter they wrote their business letters in the new script which became known as the "popular language" and which we call by its Greek name, the "Demotic language."   [Please select]

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