Hellenic

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Hellenic

1	adj n	of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
2	adj	of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Hellenic

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; Modern Greek, New Greek
the Greek language as spoken and written today; Late Greek
the Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries; Byzantine Greek, Medieval Greek, Middle Greek
the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD; Koine
a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire; Ancient Greek
the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire; Demotic, Romaic
the modern Greek vernacular; Katharevusa
literary style of Modern Greek containing features borrowed from Koine; Attic, Classical Greek, Ionic, Ionic dialect
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia; Aeolic, Aeolic dialect, Eolic
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis; Arcadic, Arcadic dialect
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians; Doric, Doric dialect
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris

Type of:: Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia

: classic, classical
of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture

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