Associations to the word «Hellenic»

Wiktionary

HELLENIC, adjective. Of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
HELLENIC, adjective. Of or relating to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).
HELLENIC, proper noun. The Greek language and its dialects from the earliest records (Linear B inscriptions, about 1600-1300 BCE) to the present Modern Greek.
HELLENIC REPUBLIC, proper noun. The official English name of Greece.

Dictionary definition

HELLENIC, noun. The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
HELLENIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical.
HELLENIC, adjective. Relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization.
HELLENIC, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats