Assyriac

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Assyriac

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From Latin Assyriacus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυριακός (Assuriakós).

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Synonym of Assyrian 5th, That the same, also, were the Chaldaic characters with which, according to Athenæus, the epitaphium of Sardanapalus, at Nineveh, was engraved; the Assyriac characters mentioned by Herodotus, Diodorus, Polyænus, and other ancient authors, rather than the square Chaldaic now in use among the Jews
Similar: Assyrian

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Synonym of Assyrian [...] but I can compare it with nothing else either in Assyriac or in any other language.
Similar: Assyrian

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@misc{assyriac_2026,
  title = {Assyriac},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/assyriac},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}