Hellenize
verbEtymology From Ancient Greek ἑλληνίζω (hellēnízō, “to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”).
1
To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic.
2
To render Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization.
- Synonyms
- Greekify
- Derived terms
- Hellenisation, Hellenization, Helleniser, Hellenizer, dehellenise, dehellenize
- Related terms
- Helladic, Hellas, Hellen, Hellene, Hellenic, Hellenism, Hellenist, Hellenistic, Hellenistical, medize