Hellenisticadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɛlᵻˈnɪstɪk/, U.S.

/ˌhɛləˈnɪstɪk/

Forms: see Hellenist n. and adj. and -ic suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Hellenist n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenist n. + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Hellenisticus (1639 or earlier). Compare slightly later Hellenist adj.

Ancient History.

1. Of or relating to a modified form of the Greek language, with many foreign elements, current from around 300 b.c. to 300 a.d. (often spec. as used by the Jewish Hellenists); designating this language, esp. in Hellenistic Greek.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective] > Grecian Jew

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a1629 W. Pinke Trial of Christians Sincere Loue Christ (1636) 80 The conjunction ὀτι..in the Helenisticke vse of it, answers to all the acceptions of the Hebrew כי.

1681 H. Dodwell Reply Mr. Baxter's Pretended Confut. ii. 213 The Hellenistick style then in use.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Salmasius has opposed the common Opinion of the Learned touching the Hellenistic Language.

1789 G. Campbell in tr. Four Gospels I. Diss. vii. 330 In the ordinary Hellenistic use, it corresponds nearly to the English word doctor.

1827 G. S. Faber Origin Expiat. Sacrifice 111 The Hellenistic use of a well-known Hebrew idiom.

1872 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 10 p. xxxv The distinction..in Hellenistic Greek does not depend on the relative dignity of the asker and the person asked.

1935 S. H. Hooke tr. C. Guignebert Jesus 28 The word ‘gospel’ already had a religious colouring in the Hellenistic language.

1953 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 72 113 ‘Age, maturity’ are the most common meanings of the Hellenistic word.

1995 Music & Lett. 76 481/1 A comma has the same function in Hellenistic Greek as in modern English.

2. gen. Of or belonging to the period of Greek culture conventionally described as beginning at the death of Alexander the Great in 323 b.c., characterized by territorial expansion and the resultant assimilation of many foreign elements.The Hellenistic period is considered to have ended within Greece itself with the fall of Corinth to the Romans in 146 b.c., but Hellenistic culture is considered to have persisted outside Greece variously until the death of Cleopatra in 31 b.c., the period of early Christianity, or even until the beginning of the Byzantine Empire.

ΚΠ

1844 Times 15 July 4/3 A well-grounded knowledge of the old Hellenistic, Egyptian, and Roman mythologies.

1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece x. 297 Menander, whose essentially refined and social temper belonged more properly to the Platonic than the Hellenistic age.

1937 R. Byron Road to Oxiana ii. 43 Kangovar, a ruinous little place which boasts the wreck of a Hellenistic temple and a tribe of children who threw bricks at us.

1958 W. Willetts Chinese Art I. iv. 187 Of the textile motives at Noin-ula, stylized plant-forms, such as tendrils ending in spirals, rosettes, and palmettes, can all be traced to Assyria and Egypt by way of Hellenistic art.

1991 Times Sat. Rev. 19 Jan. 21/2 After much intestine bloodshed, four main ‘Hellenistic’ kingdoms emerged.

Compounds

Hellenistic Jew n. a Jewish person of the Diaspora who used Hellenistic Greek as opposed to Hebrew; a Hellenist.

ΚΠ

1678 T. Tenison Of Idolatry vi. 105 All who mark that Translation of the Seventy which is commonly in mens hands, may charge at least the Hellenistick Jews, with a false and dangerous estimation of Daemons.

1766 D. Jennings Jewish Antiq. I. iii. 109 St. Paul was..a Hebrew, and not an hellenistic Jew.

1852 Bible Question Decided (ed. 6) 20 [The Septuagint] is said to have been held in equal veneration with the Hebrew originals..by the Hellenistic Jews.

1927 Harvard Theol. Rev. 20 359 Some groups of hellenistic Jews..had come to Rome from the great centres of the diaspora.

1993 E. Jager Tempter's Voice Introd. 11 Ambrose himself had drawn on Greek patristic exegetes such as Origen and Basil, as well as Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenistic Jew.

Derivatives

Helleˈnisticism n. Hellenistic culture or principles; the Hellenistic period.

ΚΠ

1897 Daily Chron. 24 May This change in the world's history, the change from Hellenism to Hellenisticism, is regarded by the essayist as an almost unmixed blessing.

1911 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 15 351 Not only is this word (κύριος) known in the general language of Hellenisticism, but it has a special history in the peculiar region of Jewish Hellenisticism.

1957 Classical Philol. 52 192/2 Love..is a parody of the serious love of the νέα, part of the Hellenisticism at which Plautus pokes fun.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hellenistic
释义	Hellenisticadj. Brit. /ˌhɛlᵻˈnɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌhɛləˈnɪstɪk/ Forms: see Hellenist n. and adj. and -ic suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Hellenist n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < Hellenist n. + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Hellenisticus (1639 or earlier). Compare slightly later Hellenist adj. Ancient History. 1. Of or relating to a modified form of the Greek language, with many foreign elements, current from around 300 b.c. to 300 a.d. (often spec. as used by the Jewish Hellenists); designating this language, esp. in Hellenistic Greek. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective] > Grecian Jew Hellenistica1629 Hellenist1630 Hellenistical1637 Hellenish1660 a1629 W. Pinke Trial of Christians Sincere Loue Christ (1636) 80 The conjunction ὀτι..in the Helenisticke vse of it, answers to all the acceptions of the Hebrew כי. 1681 H. Dodwell Reply Mr. Baxter's Pretended Confut. ii. 213 The Hellenistick style then in use. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Salmasius has opposed the common Opinion of the Learned touching the Hellenistic Language. 1789 G. Campbell in tr. Four Gospels I. Diss. vii. 330 In the ordinary Hellenistic use, it corresponds nearly to the English word doctor. 1827 G. S. Faber Origin Expiat. Sacrifice 111 The Hellenistic use of a well-known Hebrew idiom. 1872 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 10 p. xxxv The distinction..in Hellenistic Greek does not depend on the relative dignity of the asker and the person asked. 1935 S. H. Hooke tr. C. Guignebert Jesus 28 The word ‘gospel’ already had a religious colouring in the Hellenistic language. 1953 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 72 113 ‘Age, maturity’ are the most common meanings of the Hellenistic word. 1995 Music & Lett. 76 481/1 A comma has the same function in Hellenistic Greek as in modern English. 2. gen. Of or belonging to the period of Greek culture conventionally described as beginning at the death of Alexander the Great in 323 b.c., characterized by territorial expansion and the resultant assimilation of many foreign elements.The Hellenistic period is considered to have ended within Greece itself with the fall of Corinth to the Romans in 146 b.c., but Hellenistic culture is considered to have persisted outside Greece variously until the death of Cleopatra in 31 b.c., the period of early Christianity, or even until the beginning of the Byzantine Empire. ΚΠ 1844 Times 15 July 4/3 A well-grounded knowledge of the old Hellenistic, Egyptian, and Roman mythologies. 1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece x. 297 Menander, whose essentially refined and social temper belonged more properly to the Platonic than the Hellenistic age. 1937 R. Byron Road to Oxiana ii. 43 Kangovar, a ruinous little place which boasts the wreck of a Hellenistic temple and a tribe of children who threw bricks at us. 1958 W. Willetts Chinese Art I. iv. 187 Of the textile motives at Noin-ula, stylized plant-forms, such as tendrils ending in spirals, rosettes, and palmettes, can all be traced to Assyria and Egypt by way of Hellenistic art. 1991 Times Sat. Rev. 19 Jan. 21/2 After much intestine bloodshed, four main ‘Hellenistic’ kingdoms emerged. Compounds Hellenistic Jew n. a Jewish person of the Diaspora who used Hellenistic Greek as opposed to Hebrew; a Hellenist. ΚΠ 1678 T. Tenison Of Idolatry vi. 105 All who mark that Translation of the Seventy which is commonly in mens hands, may charge at least the Hellenistick Jews, with a false and dangerous estimation of Daemons. 1766 D. Jennings Jewish Antiq. I. iii. 109 St. Paul was..a Hebrew, and not an hellenistic Jew. 1852 Bible Question Decided (ed. 6) 20 [The Septuagint] is said to have been held in equal veneration with the Hebrew originals..by the Hellenistic Jews. 1927 Harvard Theol. Rev. 20 359 Some groups of hellenistic Jews..had come to Rome from the great centres of the diaspora. 1993 E. Jager Tempter's Voice Introd. 11 Ambrose himself had drawn on Greek patristic exegetes such as Origen and Basil, as well as Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenistic Jew. Derivatives Helleˈnisticism n. Hellenistic culture or principles; the Hellenistic period. ΚΠ 1897 Daily Chron. 24 May This change in the world's history, the change from Hellenism to Hellenisticism, is regarded by the essayist as an almost unmixed blessing. 1911 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 15 351 Not only is this word (κύριος) known in the general language of Hellenisticism, but it has a special history in the peculiar region of Jewish Hellenisticism. 1957 Classical Philol. 52 192/2 Love..is a parody of the serious love of the νέα, part of the Hellenisticism at which Plautus pokes fun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1629
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