different between hieroglyphic vs hieratic

English

Alternative forms

• hieroglyphick (obsolete)

Etymology

First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (hierogluphikós), from ?????????? (hierogluphé?, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ????? (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + ????? (glúph?, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?????l?f?k/
• Rhymes: -?f?k

Noun

hieroglyphic (plural hieroglyphics)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
2. Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
3. (by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.

Usage notes

The use of this word in the plural, as well as its use to mean ‘a hieroglyph’, are commonly proscribed by Egyptologists; for example, James P. Allen writes, ‘Each sign in this system is a hieroglyph, and the system as a whole is called hieroglyphic (not “hieroglyphics”).’ Thus, while the use of ‘hieroglyphics’ is quite common in works written by laymen (and formerly in 19th-century academic works), it is rare in modern academic works written by Egyptologists.

Translations

Adjective

hieroglyphic (comparative more hieroglyphic, superlative most hieroglyphic)

1. of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols

   hieroglyphic writing

   hieroglyphic obelisk

2. difficult to decipher

Translations

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