Hellenic

Hellenic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or relating to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”), equivalent to Hellen +‎ -ic.

The English term is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek formed in the 17th-century, attested from ca. 1640.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈlɛnɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Adjective

Hellenic (comparative more Hellenic, superlative most Hellenic)

1. Of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
2. Of or relating to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).

Synonyms

• (Ancient only) Grecian
• Greek

Translations

of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization

Bengali: হেলেনী (helenī) Bulgarian: древногръцки (drevnogrǎcki) Catalan: hel·lènic (ca) Dutch: Oud-Grieks, Helleens Esperanto: helena Finnish: helleeninen (fi) French: hellène (fr) Georgian: ელინური (elinuri), ბერძნული (ka) (berʒnuli), ძველბერძნული (ʒvelberʒnuli) German: hellenisch (de) Greek: ελληνικός (el) m (ellinikós) Ancient: Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós) Hebrew: הלני‎ (he) m (heleni) Irish: Heilléanach, Gréagach Persian: هلنی‎ (heleni) Polish: helleński (pl) Portuguese: helénico (pt) (Portugal), helênico (pt) (Brazil) Romanian: elen (ro), elenic, elinesc (ro) Russian: э́ллинский (ru) (éllinskij), гре́ческий (ru) (gréčeskij), древнегре́ческий (ru) (drevnegréčeskij) Spanish: helénico (es) Swedish: hellensk (sv)

of or relating to Hellas or the Hellenes

Bengali: হেলেনী (helenī) Bulgarian: елински (elinski) Czech: helénský Dutch: Grieks (nl), Helleens Esperanto: helena Finnish: helleeninen (fi) French: hellénique (fr) Georgian: ელინური (elinuri) Greek: ελληνικός (el) m (ellinikós) Hebrew: הלני‎ (he) m (heleni) Irish: Heilléanach Portuguese: helénico (pt) (Portugal), helênico (pt) (Brazil) Romanian: elen (ro) Russian: э́ллинский (ru) (éllinskij) Spanish: helénico (es)

Proper noun

Hellenic

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.

Translations

language

Bengali: হেলেনী ভাষা (helenī bhaṣa) Finnish: kreikka (fi) French: hellénique (fr) Irish: Heilléinic f Romanian: elenă (ro) f, elină f

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• Helladic
• Hellas
• Hellen
• Hellene

 

Anagrams

• chenille