Hellenic

UK: /hɛˈlɛnɪk/, /hɛˈliːnɪk/ US: (he len′ik, -lē′nik)

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Hel•len•ic  (he len′ik, -lē′nik), adj. 

1. Language Varieties, Ancient History, Anthropology, Archaeology of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., esp. before the time of Alexander the Great. Cf. Hellenistic (def. 3).
2. Language Varieties Greek.

n. 

3. Language Varieties Also called Greek. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, comprising a variety of ancient, medieval, and modern dialects and languages, all of them called Greek.
4. Language Varieties Katharevusa.

• Greek Hellēnikós of, pertaining to the Greeks. See Hellene, -ic
• 1635–45

Hel•len′i•cal•ly, adv. 

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Hellenic / hɛˈlɛnɪk -ˈliː-/ adjective

1. of or relating to the ancient or modern Greeks or their language
2. of or relating to ancient Greece or the Greeks of the classical period (776–323 bc)
   Compare Hellenistic
3. another word for Greek

noun

1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Greek in its various ancient and modern dialects