Hellenic - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Hellenic : adj
1: characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures [syn: Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic]
2: relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civiliHzation [syn: Hellenic, Hellenistic, Hellenistical]
3: of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks; "Greek mythology"; "a grecian robe" [syn: Greek, Grecian, Hellenic] (noun)

1: the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages [syn: Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

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 theHellenic : language. --Encyc. Brit.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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. ).

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Hellenic : \Hel*len"ic\, n. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)