Demotic
- noun
- /dɪˈmɒtɪk/
- Specialized
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demótico
- The ancient Egyptians used Demotic for everyday writing on papyrus.
And with, it's nice to say, some help from Jean Paul Leon, despite the fact they were rivals, Jung becomes the decipher of Demotic.
- And with, it's nice to say, some help from Jean Paul Leon, despite the fact they were rivals, Jung becomes the decipher of Demotic.
- And so it would not have been so easy to translate Demotic, which which rendered a day-to-day speech, a contemporary language in this ancient script.
Examples
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A third script, called Demotic, shortened the signs even further.
Academic text (2007) -
And so it would not have been so easy to translate Demotic, which which rendered a day-to-day speech, a contemporary language in this ancient script.
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The change in language from elevated to demotic suggests that even the highborn are brought to earth, and the reversal of order suggests that any precedence in life ("ladies first," maidens before lads) may be undone in death.
Academic text (2009) -
Scholars study Demotic inscriptions to understand daily life in ancient Egypt.
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In ancient Egyptian history, Demotic served as a practical script for administrative tasks.
Synonyms
A simple handwritten Egyptian writing used for everyday documents in ancient Egypt
Compounds
- Specialized
A simple handwritten Egyptian writing used for everyday documents in ancient Egypt
Surface Forms
Etymology
Demotic for the Egyptian script comes from the Greek word demos, meaning 'people', because it was the common, everyday writing used by ordinary people and officials rather than the sacred hieroglyphs. So the name marks it as the 'people's' script, the same root you see in democracy.
