hellenic

Definition of Hellenic in English :

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Noun

1. greek, hellenic, hellenic language

the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

Adjective

2. classic, classical, graeco-roman, greco-roman, hellenic

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures

Example Sentences:
'classical mythology'

3. hellenic, hellenistic, hellenistical

relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization

4. grecian, greek, hellenic

of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

Example Sentences:
'Greek mythology'
'a Grecian robe'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hellenic

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adjective

1.

of or relating to the ancient or modern Greeks or their language

2.

of or relating to ancient Greece or the Greeks of the classical period (776–323 bc)

Compare Hellenistic

3. another word for Greek

noun

4.

a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Greek in its various ancient and modern dialects

Hellenic

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adjective

1.

of the Hellenes; Greek

2.

of the history, language, or culture of the ancient Greeks, specif. from the late 8th century b.c. to the death of Alexander the Great (323 b.c.)

noun

3.

the language of ancient Greece

4. Obsolete

Greek (sense 2)

Hellenic

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adj.

Of or relating to the ancient Hellenes, their language, or their history; Greek.

n.

The branch of the Indo-European language family that consists only of Greek.

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