Hellenic

From Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or relating to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”), equivalent to Hellen +‎ -ic.

The English term is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek formed in the 17th-century, attested from ca. 1640.

• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Hellenic

1. Of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
2. Of or relating to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).

• (Ancient only) Grecian
• Greek

Hellenic

1. The Greek language and its dialects from the earliest records (Linear B inscriptions, about 1600-1300 BCE) to the present Modern Greek.

• chenille