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Hellenic definition

Hel·lenic (hə len′ik, -lē′nik)

adjective

  1. of the Hellenes; Greek
  2. of the history, language, or culture of the ancient Greeks, specif. from the late 8th century to the death of Alexander the Great (323 )

Etymology: Gr Hellēnikos < Hellēnes, the Greeks

noun

  1. the language of ancient Greece
  2. Greek ()

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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