Hellenic
adj/həˈlɛnɪk/
Etymology 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.
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
Of or derived from Ancient Greek.
- Synonyms
- Grecian, Greek