different between cursive vs hieratic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin curs?vus, from Latin cursus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?s?v/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??s?v/

Adjective

cursive (comparative more cursive, superlative most cursive)

1. Running; flowing.
2. (of writing) Having successive letters joined together.
3. (grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).

Translations

Noun

cursive (countable and uncountable, plural cursives)

1. (countable) A cursive character, letter or font.
2. (countable) A manuscript written in cursive characters.
3. (uncountable) Joined-up handwriting.

Antonyms

• print

Derived terms

• cursively
• cursiveness

Related terms

• course
• discursive
• incursive

Translations

See also

• handwriting
• italic
• longhand
• shorthand

Anagrams

• cruives, cuviers

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky?.siv/

Noun

cursive f (plural cursives)

1. cursive letter

Adjective

cursive

1. feminine singular of cursif

Further reading

• “cursive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cuivres, cuivrés

English

Etymology

Latin hieraticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hieratikós), from ???????? (hierateía, “priesthood”), from ???????? (hierateú?, “be a priest”), from ?????? (hiereús, “priest”), from ????? (hierós, “sacred”).

Use pertaining to the Egyptian writing system originates with the Greek phrase ???????? ???????? (grámmata hieratiká, literally “priestly writing”), which was first used by Saint Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century AD, as at that time hieratic was used only for religious texts, as had been the case for the previous thousand years.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?(?)??æt?k/

Adjective

hieratic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to priests, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.

   Synonyms: sacerdotal, priestly

2. Of or pertaining to the cursive writing system that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system as its ordinary handwritten counterpart.
3. (art) Extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import.

Translations

Noun

hieratic (plural hieratics)

1. (historical) A writing system used in pharaonic Egypt that was developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, primarily written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, allowing scribes to write quickly without resorting to the time consuming hieroglyphs.

Further reading

• hieratic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• achirite, charitie, hetairic

Romanian

Etymology

From French hiératique, from Latin hieraticus.

Adjective

hieratic m or n (feminine singular hieratic?, masculine plural hieratici, feminine and neuter plural hieratice)

1. hieratic

Declension