Hellenen.

Brit.

/ˈhɛliːn/, U.S.

/ˈhɛˌlin/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s Ellene, 1500s– Hellene, 1600s–1700s Hellen.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Ἕλλην.

Etymology: < ancient Greek Ἕλλην a Greek. Compare classical Latin Hellēnae, Hellēnes, both plural (Pliny).The name is of unknown origin; the suffix is also found in other names of peoples of northern Greece, such as Ἀκαρνᾶνες, Δυμᾶνες, etc. The plural (Ἕλληνες) occurs first in Homer, as the name of a Thessalian tribe of which Hellen was chief; in the historical period it was the name applied to themselves by all Greeks.

A Greek person: (a) an ancient Greek (see also note at etymology and quot. 1662); cf. Mix-Hellene n.; (b) a native or inhabitant of modern Greece; (also) a person of Greek descent or origin living elsewhere. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun] > person

Hellene1482

Pelasgianc1487

Ionian1542

Minyan1566

Minyae1567

Thracian1569

Ionic1577

Hellenian1598

Lapith1607

Minoan1902

Keftian1903

Thraco-Phrygian1946

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece

Greekc893

Gregois13..

Griffon13..

Grewa1375

Hellene1482

Grecana1500

Argive?1532

Greciana1549

Hellenist1606

Greeklinga1637

Graecaster1716

Helladian1773

bubble and squeak1938

bubble1962

1482 W. Caxton tr. Higden's Prolicionycion i. xxii. f. xxv Of this Ellena the grekes were called ellenes.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Hellenes, the sonne of Deucalion, of whom the Grekes were named Hellenes.

1596 E. Topsell Reward of Relig. Ep. Ded. sig. *6^v The Grecians, who are called in their owne tongue Hellenes.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §12 Although the name of Hellens at last spread its self over all the people of Greece, yet it was at first peculiar to that part of Thessaly called Pthiotis.

1679 P. Rycaut Present State Greek Church i. 9 We are not to treat of it as of a single Province, as of Hellas, or as confined to Attica alone..but we are here to consider them both as Hellenes, properly of the Greek Nation.

1740 tr. A. Banier Mythol. & Fables Ancients IV. viii. v. 431 Alexander the Great himself was obliged to prove his being one of the Hellenes, before he was received to enter the Lists in those Games.

1788 J. Robertson Parian Chron. 24 They were named Hellenes, who before were called Graikoi.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 379 A general congress of the Hellenes.

1896 Whitaker's Almanack 550/2 George, second son of the present King of Denmark..elected King of the Hellenes..1863.

1913 M. E. Durham in Albania & Albanians (2001) 33 Certain journals have announced that the Hellenes of Koritza would oppose by force their separation from Greece.

1959 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 325 151/1 He likes to think of the Athenians as missing their great opportunity to unite the Hellenes when they decided to use the tribute to solve unemployment and to build the Parthenon.

2002 K. H. Karpat Stud. Ottoman Social & Polit. Hist. iii. 774 A Bulgarian in Greece is not considered a ‘Greek’ if he/she does not speak the Greek language and think of himself/herself as a Hellene even though Bulgaria and Greece share an identical faith.

Derivatives

ˈHellenedom n. the realm or world of the Hellenes.

ΚΠ

1880 J. P. Mahaffy Hist. Classical Greek Lit. II. viii. 226 Thucydides..goes over similar ground, in describing the national merits of Athens as a centre of culture for all Hellenedom.

1928 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 48 238 There are parallels in various corners of Hellenedom.

1949 M. Cary Geographic Background Greek & Rom. Hist (1950) vi. 153 From the time of Alexander to the coming of the Turks Asia Minor was an integral part of Hellenedom.

† Hellenish adj. Obsolete = Hellenistic adj.

ΚΠ

1660 J. Taylor Let. 10 Feb. in J. Evelyn Diary & Corr. (1852) (modernized text) III. 128 The word is used by the Hellenish Jews to signify any place of spiritual and immaterial pleasure.

1690 tr. J. Le Clerc Five Lett. ii. 91 It is very absurd in some Learned Men to imagine there was an Hellenish Tongue.

1870 J. Millikin in Amer. Presbyterian Rev. Jan. 142 The Gospel is first Hebrew, then Hellenish, then Samaritan, lastly Gentile and cosmopolitan.

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

单词	hellene
释义	Hellenen. Brit. /ˈhɛliːn/, U.S. /ˈhɛˌlin/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s Ellene, 1500s– Hellene, 1600s–1700s Hellen. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Ἕλλην. Etymology: < ancient Greek Ἕλλην a Greek. Compare classical Latin Hellēnae, Hellēnes, both plural (Pliny).The name is of unknown origin; the suffix is also found in other names of peoples of northern Greece, such as Ἀκαρνᾶνες, Δυμᾶνες, etc. The plural (Ἕλληνες) occurs first in Homer, as the name of a Thessalian tribe of which Hellen was chief; in the historical period it was the name applied to themselves by all Greeks. A Greek person: (a) an ancient Greek (see also note at etymology and quot. 1662); cf. Mix-Hellene n.; (b) a native or inhabitant of modern Greece; (also) a person of Greek descent or origin living elsewhere. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun] > person Hellene1482 Pelasgianc1487 Ionian1542 Minyan1566 Minyae1567 Thracian1569 Ionic1577 Hellenian1598 Lapith1607 Minoan1902 Keftian1903 Thraco-Phrygian1946 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece Greekc893 Gregois13.. Griffon13.. Grewa1375 Hellene1482 Grecana1500 Argive?1532 Greciana1549 Hellenist1606 Greeklinga1637 Graecaster1716 Helladian1773 bubble and squeak1938 bubble1962 1482 W. Caxton tr. Higden's Prolicionycion i. xxii. f. xxv Of this Ellena the grekes were called ellenes. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Hellenes, the sonne of Deucalion, of whom the Grekes were named Hellenes. 1596 E. Topsell Reward of Relig. Ep. Ded. sig. 6^v The Grecians, who are called in their owne tongue Hellenes. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ* iii. iv. §12 Although the name of Hellens at last spread its self over all the people of Greece, yet it was at first peculiar to that part of Thessaly called Pthiotis. 1679 P. Rycaut Present State Greek Church i. 9 We are not to treat of it as of a single Province, as of Hellas, or as confined to Attica alone..but we are here to consider them both as Hellenes, properly of the Greek Nation. 1740 tr. A. Banier Mythol. & Fables Ancients IV. viii. v. 431 Alexander the Great himself was obliged to prove his being one of the Hellenes, before he was received to enter the Lists in those Games. 1788 J. Robertson Parian Chron. 24 They were named Hellenes, who before were called Graikoi. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 379 A general congress of the Hellenes. 1896 Whitaker's Almanack 550/2 George, second son of the present King of Denmark..elected King of the Hellenes..1863. 1913 M. E. Durham in Albania & Albanians (2001) 33 Certain journals have announced that the Hellenes of Koritza would oppose by force their separation from Greece. 1959 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 325 151/1 He likes to think of the Athenians as missing their great opportunity to unite the Hellenes when they decided to use the tribute to solve unemployment and to build the Parthenon. 2002 K. H. Karpat Stud. Ottoman Social & Polit. Hist. iii. 774 A Bulgarian in Greece is not considered a ‘Greek’ if he/she does not speak the Greek language and think of himself/herself as a Hellene even though Bulgaria and Greece share an identical faith. Derivatives ˈHellenedom n. the realm or world of the Hellenes. ΚΠ 1880 J. P. Mahaffy Hist. Classical Greek Lit. II. viii. 226 Thucydides..goes over similar ground, in describing the national merits of Athens as a centre of culture for all Hellenedom. 1928 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 48 238 There are parallels in various corners of Hellenedom. 1949 M. Cary Geographic Background Greek & Rom. Hist (1950) vi. 153 From the time of Alexander to the coming of the Turks Asia Minor was an integral part of Hellenedom. † Hellenish adj. Obsolete = Hellenistic adj. ΚΠ 1660 J. Taylor Let. 10 Feb. in J. Evelyn Diary & Corr. (1852) (modernized text) III. 128 The word is used by the Hellenish Jews to signify any place of spiritual and immaterial pleasure. 1690 tr. J. Le Clerc Five Lett. ii. 91 It is very absurd in some Learned Men to imagine there was an Hellenish Tongue. 1870 J. Millikin in Amer. Presbyterian Rev. Jan. 142 The Gospel is first Hebrew, then Hellenish, then Samaritan, lastly Gentile and cosmopolitan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1482
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