Hellenic
hel·le·nic
adjective
characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures
relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civiliHzation
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks
- “Greek mythology”
- “a grecian robe”
noun
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Origin
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.
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