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单词 Hellenic
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Definition of Hellenic in English:

Hellenic

adjective hɛˈliːnɪkhɛˈlɛnɪkhɛˈlɛnɪk
  • 1Greek.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The story of Jesus was more believable, his conclusions and teachings were more sensible and relevant, and the New Testament applied to a broader range of individuals than the Old Testament or Hellenic belief systems.
    • As the Hellenic sun sinks, it is tempting to cite our cold climate, but this is nonsense.
    • All joking apart, the heavenly Hellenic national triumph should act as a loud, trumpeted warning to the Premiership's pampered platoon.
    • The Christian, French, Hellenic tradition is mine; the Hebrew tradition is foreign to me; no text of a law can change that for me.
    • I have now returned from my Hellenic adventure and feel tremendous for it.
    • The early twentieth century saw the small number of Greek women in Australia's major urban centers banding together and forming Hellenic social groups and formal organizations.
    • Indeed, many of the rescuers exemplify a Hellenic balance.
    • Amidst all the racket that gets generated in this convivial establishment on a good night, it's easy to forget they serve great Greek entrées, appetizers and other Hellenic treats.
    • The Weeping Meadow is another vast and forbiddingly sombre story about the modern Hellenic nation's painful, mysterious birth from the misty ruins of the early 20th century.
    • A formal investigation has been launched, and, should it request disciplinary action against the two staff members of the Hellenic coastguard, it will be taken immediately.
    • The three rooms, of which the middle and biggest one is the liveliest, are usually full of couples and small groups, with Greek music playing in the background and pictures and paintings of Hellenic scenes adorning the bright walls.
    • Appointed in a melding of neo-Classical and Mediterranean styles, the spa welcomes guests with Roman murals, Hellenic sculptures, fluted pillars, and terra-cotta tiles.
    • The Hellenic club is a miserable place where old Greek men go to play darts.
    • But for Hellenic identity the loss was agonizing.
    • In this respect, they embody the ideal that Matthew Arnold posited as a mix of Hebraic law and Hellenic light.
    Synonyms
    ancient greek, grecian, attic
    1. 1.1Archaeology Relating to or denoting Iron Age and Classical Greek culture (between Helladic and Hellenistic).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We have nothing from the Hellenic period worth reading.
      • This gave rise to a form of classicism that is highly seductive and narrowly selective: a Hellenic ideal.
      • White dresses, smocks and crisscrossed leather sandals inspired by the Hellenic age traveled somberly down the runway, as American flags fluttered from the ceiling.
      • It was a bit unusual to find a Hellenic civilisation 50 miles off the South West coast of the USA like that.
      • A half-mile square section of the ancient Hellenic city of Olvia was recently cleared out by thieves looking for valuables to sell.
noun hɛˈliːnɪkhɛˈlɛnɪkhɛˈlɛnɪk
mass noun
  • 1The branch of the Indo-European language family comprising classical and modern Greek.

    1. 1.1 The Greek language.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am sure that you will discover that you actually speak much more Hellenic that you thought, and that Greek is not so "Greek to you" after all!

Origin

From Greek Hellēnikos, from Hellēn (see Hellene).

Rhymes

anthropogenic, arsenic, autogenic, callisthenic (US calisthenic), carcinogenic, cariogenic, cryogenic, erotogenic, eugenic, fennec, hallucinogenic, hypo-allergenic, photogenic, pyrogenic, radiogenic, schizophrenic, telegenic
 
 

Definition of Hellenic in US English:

Hellenic

adjectiveheˈlenikhɛˈlɛnɪk
  • 1Greek.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A formal investigation has been launched, and, should it request disciplinary action against the two staff members of the Hellenic coastguard, it will be taken immediately.
    • Amidst all the racket that gets generated in this convivial establishment on a good night, it's easy to forget they serve great Greek entrées, appetizers and other Hellenic treats.
    • The Hellenic club is a miserable place where old Greek men go to play darts.
    • The story of Jesus was more believable, his conclusions and teachings were more sensible and relevant, and the New Testament applied to a broader range of individuals than the Old Testament or Hellenic belief systems.
    • In this respect, they embody the ideal that Matthew Arnold posited as a mix of Hebraic law and Hellenic light.
    • I have now returned from my Hellenic adventure and feel tremendous for it.
    • As the Hellenic sun sinks, it is tempting to cite our cold climate, but this is nonsense.
    • All joking apart, the heavenly Hellenic national triumph should act as a loud, trumpeted warning to the Premiership's pampered platoon.
    • The Christian, French, Hellenic tradition is mine; the Hebrew tradition is foreign to me; no text of a law can change that for me.
    • Appointed in a melding of neo-Classical and Mediterranean styles, the spa welcomes guests with Roman murals, Hellenic sculptures, fluted pillars, and terra-cotta tiles.
    • But for Hellenic identity the loss was agonizing.
    • The early twentieth century saw the small number of Greek women in Australia's major urban centers banding together and forming Hellenic social groups and formal organizations.
    • The Weeping Meadow is another vast and forbiddingly sombre story about the modern Hellenic nation's painful, mysterious birth from the misty ruins of the early 20th century.
    • Indeed, many of the rescuers exemplify a Hellenic balance.
    • The three rooms, of which the middle and biggest one is the liveliest, are usually full of couples and small groups, with Greek music playing in the background and pictures and paintings of Hellenic scenes adorning the bright walls.
    Synonyms
    ancient greek, grecian, attic
    1. 1.1Archaeology Relating to or denoting Iron Age and Classical Greek culture (between Helladic and Hellenistic).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We have nothing from the Hellenic period worth reading.
      • A half-mile square section of the ancient Hellenic city of Olvia was recently cleared out by thieves looking for valuables to sell.
      • This gave rise to a form of classicism that is highly seductive and narrowly selective: a Hellenic ideal.
      • It was a bit unusual to find a Hellenic civilisation 50 miles off the South West coast of the USA like that.
      • White dresses, smocks and crisscrossed leather sandals inspired by the Hellenic age traveled somberly down the runway, as American flags fluttered from the ceiling.
nounheˈlenikhɛˈlɛnɪk
  • 1The branch of the Indo-European language family comprising classical and modern Greek.

    1. 1.1 The Greek language.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am sure that you will discover that you actually speak much more Hellenic that you thought, and that Greek is not so "Greek to you" after all!

Origin

From Greek Hellēnikos, from Hellēn (see Hellene).

 
 
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