Hellenic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Origin
From Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellenikos, "of or relating to Greece or Greeks"), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellas, "Greece").
The English term is a learned 17th-century formation, attested from ca. 1640.
Adjective
adjective
- Of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
- Of or relating to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).
Full definition of Hellenic
Proper noun
Hellenic
(plural Hellenics)- The Greek language and its dialects from the earliest records (Linear B inscriptions, about 1600-1300 BC) to the present Modern Greek.