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hellenic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hellenic has 1 sense
- hellenic(n = noun.communication) greek, hellenic language - the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages; Array is a kind of indo-european, indo-european language, indo-hittite
has particulars: modern greek, new greek, late greek, byzantine greek, medieval greek, middle greek, koine, ancient greek
Derived form adjective hellenic3
Adjective hellenic has 3 senses
- hellenic(s = adj.all) classic, classical, graeco-roman, greco-roman - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"
- hellenic(a = adj.pert) hellenistic, hellenistical - relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization; Array
- hellenic(a = adj.pert) grecian, greek - of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe" Derived forms noun hellene1, noun hellenic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
hellenic, a. [Gr. , , fr. the Greeks.].
Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [1913 Webster]
hellenic, n.
The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander. [1913 Webster]
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