Hellenic

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or pertaining to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). By surface analysis, Hellen +‎ -ic. First attested in c. 1640.

• IPA^(key): /həˈlɛnɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Hellenic (comparative more Hellenic, superlative most Hellenic)

1. Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
2. Of or pertaining to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).
3. (not comparable) Of or derived from Ancient Greek.

• (Ancient only) Grecian
• Greek

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.

• chenille