Hellenic

Etymology
From, from , equivalent to.

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

Adjective

 * 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).

Synonyms

 * Grecian

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: ellin
 * Bengali: হেলেনী
 * Bulgarian: древногръцки
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: Oud-Grieks, Helleens
 * Esperanto: helena
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ელინური,, ძველბერძნული
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ἑλληνικός
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: Heilléanach, Gréagach
 * Persian: هلنی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, elenic,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: העללעניק


 * Bengali: হেলেনী
 * Bulgarian: елински
 * Czech: helénský
 * Dutch:, Helleens
 * Esperanto: helena
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ელინური
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: Heilléanach
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: еллінський

Proper noun

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

Translations

 * Bengali: হেলেনী ভাষা
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Irish: Heilléinic
 * Romanian:, elină