'Hellenic' definitions:
Definition of 'Hellenic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical [syn: classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic]
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization [syn: Hellenic, Hellenistic, Hellenistical]
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe" [syn: Greek, Grecian, Hellenic]
noun
The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages [syn: Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language]
Definition of 'Hellenic'
From: GCIDE
- Hellenic \Hel*len"ic\, n. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hellenic'
From: GCIDE
- Hellenic \Hel*len"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? the Greeks.] Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian. "The Hellenic forces." --Jowett (Thucyd. ). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hellenic'
From: GCIDE
- Romaic \Ro*ma"ic\, a. [NGr. ????: cf. F. roma["i]que. See Roman.] Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language. -- n. The modern Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or Neo-Hellenic. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The Greeks at the time of the capture of Constantinople were proud of being "Romai^oi, or Romans . . . Hence the term Romaic was the name given to the popular language. . . . The Greek language is now spoken of as the Hellenic language. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]