English Explanatory Dictionary

Hellenic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
  2. Of or pertaining to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).
  3. Of or derived from Ancient Greek.
name
  1. The Greek language and its dialects from the earliest records (Linear B inscriptions, about 1600-1300 B.C.E.) to the present Modern Greek.

Pronunciation

/həˈlɛnɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hellenic.wav

Word forms

Hellenic more Hellenic most Hellenic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or pertaining to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). By surface analysis, Hellen + -ic. First attested in c. 1640.

Synonyms

Grecian Greek

Related words

Helladic Hellas Hellen Hellene

Derived words

Hellenic Republic Hellenisation Hellenization Hellenise Hellenize Helleniser Hellenizer Hellenism Hellenist Hellenistic Hellenistical
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