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Hellenic

Hellenic Meaning & Definition
Hellenic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hellenic?

[n] the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
[adj] characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures
[adj] relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks; "Greek mythology"; "a grecian robe"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hellenic: classical | Graeco-Roman | Grecian | Greco-Roman | Greek | Greek | Hellenic language | Hellenistic | Hellenistical

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hellenic:

See Also | Ancient Greek | Byzantine Greek | Indo-European | Indo-European language | Indo-Hittite | Koine | Late Greek | Medieval Greek | Middle Greek | Modern Greek

Hellenic In Webster's Dictionary

\Hel*len"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? the Greeks.] Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian. ``The Hellenic forces.'' --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
\Hel*len"ic\, n. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.

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