Meaning of HELLENIC
| Pronunciation: | | he'lenik
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | classical, Graeco-Roman, Grecian, Greco-Roman, Greek, Greek, Hellenic language, Hellenistic, Hellenistical |
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| | See Also: | | Ancient Greek, Byzantine Greek, Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Koine, Late Greek, Medieval Greek, Middle Greek, Modern Greek | |
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\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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