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单词 Hellene
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Definition of Hellene in English:

Hellene

noun ˈhɛliːnˈhɛlin
  • 1An ancient Greek.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I wouldn't go as far as to suggest that the Romans were nothing but a copy of the Greeks - that would be tantamount to asserting the genius of the Hellenes and imitative nature of the Romans.
    • There is Olympus, abode of the gods of two worlds, Hellenes and Romans, and inspiration to philosophers of myriad ages and cultures.
    • It is important to emphasize, then, that ancient Greece was not a state: the Greeks referred to themselves as Hellenes.
    • Similarly, racism has, as we all know, been around since the Hellenes started referring to all non-Greek speakers as barbarians.
    • He had always wanted to write a classical work, a history book, something worthy of the old Hellenes he chose as masters.
    • These people were ‘kin to the Hellenes, the Italiots, the Celts, the Germanic peoples and the Slavs'.
    • Now in those days the god Thamus was the king of the whole country of Egypt; and he dwelt in that great city of Upper Egypt which the Hellenes call Egyptian Thebes, and the god himself is called by them Ammon.
    • The civilization on the mainland was founded by people called the Hellenes.
    • The ancient Greeks called themselves the Hellenes.
    • The taboo of the number 13 predates Christ and the Templars, though, as well as the Norse - the Hellenes had it, for instance.
    1. 1.1 A native of modern Greece (chiefly in the title of the exiled royal family)
      the King of the Hellenes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then there is the youngest of the three princesses, Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes.
      • If you look at the international press the world is praising the Hellenes and repenting for their misguided views.
      • They have always called themselves Hellenes and Greece is Hellas.
      • Though a Hellene, I cannot side with the Greek lawyers.
      • The colourful Hellenes are viewed with interest by many in Greek society but largely ridiculed by the media.
      • One is a Greek not because he is a Hellene by birth; indeed many of Greek parentage have abandoned their identities and disappeared into the American mainstream.
      • By 1975, both the King and Queen of the Hellenes and the Greek Line ship Queen Anna Maria would be driven out of Greece - the monarchs by political upheaval and the Queen Anna Maria by financial troubles.

Origin

From Greek Hellēn 'a Greek'. Compare with Hellen.

Rhymes

philhellene
 
 

Definition of Hellene in US English:

Hellene

nounˈhɛlinˈhelēn
  • 1An ancient Greek.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The taboo of the number 13 predates Christ and the Templars, though, as well as the Norse - the Hellenes had it, for instance.
    • The civilization on the mainland was founded by people called the Hellenes.
    • The ancient Greeks called themselves the Hellenes.
    • Similarly, racism has, as we all know, been around since the Hellenes started referring to all non-Greek speakers as barbarians.
    • He had always wanted to write a classical work, a history book, something worthy of the old Hellenes he chose as masters.
    • I wouldn't go as far as to suggest that the Romans were nothing but a copy of the Greeks - that would be tantamount to asserting the genius of the Hellenes and imitative nature of the Romans.
    • It is important to emphasize, then, that ancient Greece was not a state: the Greeks referred to themselves as Hellenes.
    • Now in those days the god Thamus was the king of the whole country of Egypt; and he dwelt in that great city of Upper Egypt which the Hellenes call Egyptian Thebes, and the god himself is called by them Ammon.
    • These people were ‘kin to the Hellenes, the Italiots, the Celts, the Germanic peoples and the Slavs'.
    • There is Olympus, abode of the gods of two worlds, Hellenes and Romans, and inspiration to philosophers of myriad ages and cultures.
    1. 1.1 A native of modern Greece (chiefly in the title of the now exiled royal family)
      the King of the Hellenes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They have always called themselves Hellenes and Greece is Hellas.
      • One is a Greek not because he is a Hellene by birth; indeed many of Greek parentage have abandoned their identities and disappeared into the American mainstream.
      • Though a Hellene, I cannot side with the Greek lawyers.
      • The colourful Hellenes are viewed with interest by many in Greek society but largely ridiculed by the media.
      • Then there is the youngest of the three princesses, Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes.
      • If you look at the international press the world is praising the Hellenes and repenting for their misguided views.
      • By 1975, both the King and Queen of the Hellenes and the Greek Line ship Queen Anna Maria would be driven out of Greece - the monarchs by political upheaval and the Queen Anna Maria by financial troubles.

Origin

From Greek Hellēn ‘a Greek’. Compare with Hellen.

 
 
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