Hellenistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈhɛlᵻnɪst/, U.S.

/ˈhɛlənəst/

Forms: 1600s Helenist, 1600s– Hellenist. Also occasionally with lower-case initial.

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

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Ἑλληνιστής person who uses the Greek language, Greek Jew (New Testament) < ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζειν Hellenize v. + -ιστής -ist suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Hellenista , noun (1638 or earlier), French helléniste , noun (1598 in Middle French), adjective (1620 in the passage translated in quot. 1630 at sense B.). Compare also Panhellenist adj. and n., philhellenist n. and adj.

A. n.

1. A Greek person, a Hellene; spec. †(a) an ancient Greek (obsolete); (b) a native or inhabitant of modern Greece, esp. (in later use) one advocating Hellenism (Hellenism n. 6). Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

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

1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes To Rdr I..imitate that renowned Hellenist Homer, in vsing the Scotish and English Dialectes.

1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon I. 381/1 Hellen..gave the name of Hellenists..to the inhabitants.

1821 Times 29 Oct. 3/2 Honour to the Empire of the Hellenists,..to Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti, and to all the Chiefs of the Hellenists!

1863 Eclectic Mag. Mar. 379/2 This Greek kingdom is inhabited by a majority of Hellenists and a minority of Albanians.

1911 Times 26 Aug. 3/6 The aspirations of the Cretan Hellenists... Nothing less than administrative union with Greece will effect any settlement.

2004 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Apr. 29 1974, when a coup by Hellenists seeking union with Greece precipitated a Turkish invasion to protect compatriots on the island.

2. Ancient History. A person who used the Greek language and was influenced by Greek culture, although not a native Greek; spec. a Jewish person of the Diaspora, who used the Septuagint and the Greek language in the synagogue (opposed to a Hebraist), or such a person who converted to Christianity in the early years of the Church.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew > Hellenistic

Greekc1384

Grecian1611

Hellenist1614

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

Greekc1384

Grecian1611

Hellenist1614

1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) 137 The Hebrewes and Hellenists often disagreed.

1653 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. Notes 384/1 These Jewes understood Greek, and used the Greek Bible, and therefore are called Hellenists.

1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. iii. 187 The Author..compiled the whole Book in the same Greek Language, and this proves that Author to have been a Hellenist also, and most likely he was of Alexandria.

1789 G. Campbell in tr. Four Gospels I. Diss. i. 11 All the penmen of the New Testament were Jews—the greater part Hebrews, not Hellenists.

1867 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. 5 p. xxviii The great majority of the earliest preachers of Christianity were Hellenists.

1896 J. P. Mahaffy Surv. Greek Civilization x. 331 As if the jealous Asiatic Hellenist felt that although the wealth and prosperity of the Asiatic towns were now vastly superior, there was still a primacy of sentiment about the name of Athens and of Greece.

1913 Jewish Q. Rev. 4 2 It might have been expected that his work would be continued by a band of Alexandrian Jewish Hellenists sharing his religious outlook.

1957 P. Carrington Early Christian Church I. iii. 54 The news of conversions in Samaria was received with joy in Jerusalem, where the apostles had remained, untouched apparently by the persecution which had broken upon the Hellenists.

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Nov. 4/3 Jewish Hellenists..sought to oblige, by allegorizing away a Yahweh who walked and who argued, who ate and who rested, who possessed arms and hands, face and legs.

3. An expert in or student of the Greek language or culture; an admirer or promoter of Greek culture, spec. any of the Byzantine Greeks who contributed to the revival of classical learning in Europe in the 15th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > one versed in Greek

Grecian1557

Hellenist1647

Greekist1796

philhellene1826

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. i. 14) Iesus... Not of ἰάομαι to heale, as some Hellenists would have it.

1680 G. Dalgarno Didascalocophus 126 But if all this do not satisfy the Critical Hellenist; Then I must add further, that Use in the present case, will even dare to appeal to right Reason.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. i. 4 In Italy..there were still professors of it [sc. Greek] in the universities; but no one Hellenist distinguishes this [sc. the 17th] century.

1886 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 7 370 He [sc. Plethon] was, indeed, before all things a Hellenist. Instead of priding himself, as Byzantines generally did, on being a Ῥωμαῖος, he lays stress..on the Greeks generally, but above all the Peloponnesians, being Ἔλληνες.

1920 Times 17 May 10/5 As a Hellenist Burrows was not one of those scholars whose sympathies are limited to the Classic Age.

1961 K. Rexroth in W. Arrowsmith & R. Shattuck Craft & Context Transl. i. 36 One of the most engaging Hellenists of our time, Robert Byron, believed that all ancient Greek should be given the modern pronunciation.

1994 J. Edwards Multilingualism (1995) iii. 83 Near the end of the last century, hellenists wishing to describe the roles of dialects in Greek society introduced the idea of diglossie.

2000 Renaissance Q. 53 558 He was one of the first Italians to study ancient Greek under the great Byzantine Hellenist Manuel Chrysoloras.

B. adj.

Chiefly Ancient History. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Hellenists; Hellenistic.

ΘΚΠ

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

Hellenistica1629

Hellenist1630

Hellenistical1637

Hellenish1660

1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King iii. viii. 321 The Hellenist Iewes [Fr. Les Iuifs Hellenistes]; that is to saie, those that vsed the Greeke tongue in their Synagogues.

1675 W. Cave Antiquitates Apostolicæ 51 in Bp. J. Taylor & W. Cave Antiquitates Christianæ Here he [sc. St Paul] staid fifteen days, preaching Christ, and confuting the Hellenist Jews with a mighty courage and resolution.

1727 W. Whiston tr. Coll. Rec. Old & New Test. I. 1 The Book of Baruch, the Scribe of the Prophet Jeremiah, with the Epistle of Jeremiah himself,..were part of the Hebrew, as well as of the Hellenist Canon of the Old Testament.

a1794 E. Gibbon Autobiogr. (1896) 141 The corrupt dialect of the Hellenist Jews.

1826 Sandusky (Ohio) Clarion 24 June The Greek committee of ladies at Lyons have just made an appeal to all the inhabitants of that town to aid them..in their efforts to promote the Hellenist cause.

1891 H. Graetz Hist. Jews I. xxiii. 444 The Hellenist party themselves requested his [sc. Antiochus'] interference in the internal affairs of Judæa.

1909 Homestead (Des Moines, Iowa) 18 Feb. 40/2 He [sc. St Stephen] was undoubtedly an innovator... This was his natural Hellenist ‘pull’.

a1975 C. Reznikoff Poems 1918–1975 (1989) 126 His face was thin and sallow,..such a face as I had seen in the art museum painted on a coffin from Hellenist Alexandria.

2001 U.S. News & World Rep. Spec. Coll. Ed.: Myst. of Faith 21/3 Philip, a Hellenist leader and associate of Stephen's, began preaching in neighboring Samaria.

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

单词	hellenist
释义	Hellenistn.adj. Brit. /ˈhɛlᵻnɪst/, U.S. /ˈhɛlənəst/ Forms: 1600s Helenist, 1600s– Hellenist. Also occasionally with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Ἑλληνιστής. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Ἑλληνιστής person who uses the Greek language, Greek Jew (New Testament) < ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζειν Hellenize v. + -ιστής -ist suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Hellenista , noun (1638 or earlier), French helléniste , noun (1598 in Middle French), adjective (1620 in the passage translated in quot. 1630 at sense B.). Compare also Panhellenist adj. and n., philhellenist n. and adj. A. n. 1. A Greek person, a Hellene; spec. †(a) an ancient Greek (obsolete); (b) a native or inhabitant of modern Greece, esp. (in later use) one advocating Hellenism (Hellenism n. 6). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ 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 1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes To Rdr I..imitate that renowned Hellenist Homer, in vsing the Scotish and English Dialectes. 1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon I. 381/1 Hellen..gave the name of Hellenists..to the inhabitants. 1821 Times 29 Oct. 3/2 Honour to the Empire of the Hellenists,..to Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti, and to all the Chiefs of the Hellenists! 1863 Eclectic Mag. Mar. 379/2 This Greek kingdom is inhabited by a majority of Hellenists and a minority of Albanians. 1911 Times 26 Aug. 3/6 The aspirations of the Cretan Hellenists... Nothing less than administrative union with Greece will effect any settlement. 2004 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Apr. 29 1974, when a coup by Hellenists seeking union with Greece precipitated a Turkish invasion to protect compatriots on the island. 2. Ancient History. A person who used the Greek language and was influenced by Greek culture, although not a native Greek; spec. a Jewish person of the Diaspora, who used the Septuagint and the Greek language in the synagogue (opposed to a Hebraist), or such a person who converted to Christianity in the early years of the Church. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew > Hellenistic Greekc1384 Grecian1611 Hellenist1614 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece > Grecian Jew Greekc1384 Grecian1611 Hellenist1614 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) 137 The Hebrewes and Hellenists often disagreed. 1653 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. Notes 384/1 These Jewes understood Greek, and used the Greek Bible, and therefore are called Hellenists. 1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. iii. 187 The Author..compiled the whole Book in the same Greek Language, and this proves that Author to have been a Hellenist also, and most likely he was of Alexandria. 1789 G. Campbell in tr. Four Gospels I. Diss. i. 11 All the penmen of the New Testament were Jews—the greater part Hebrews, not Hellenists. 1867 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. 5 p. xxviii The great majority of the earliest preachers of Christianity were Hellenists. 1896 J. P. Mahaffy Surv. Greek Civilization x. 331 As if the jealous Asiatic Hellenist felt that although the wealth and prosperity of the Asiatic towns were now vastly superior, there was still a primacy of sentiment about the name of Athens and of Greece. 1913 Jewish Q. Rev. 4 2 It might have been expected that his work would be continued by a band of Alexandrian Jewish Hellenists sharing his religious outlook. 1957 P. Carrington Early Christian Church I. iii. 54 The news of conversions in Samaria was received with joy in Jerusalem, where the apostles had remained, untouched apparently by the persecution which had broken upon the Hellenists. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Nov. 4/3 Jewish Hellenists..sought to oblige, by allegorizing away a Yahweh who walked and who argued, who ate and who rested, who possessed arms and hands, face and legs. 3. An expert in or student of the Greek language or culture; an admirer or promoter of Greek culture, spec. any of the Byzantine Greeks who contributed to the revival of classical learning in Europe in the 15th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > one versed in Greek Grecian1557 Hellenist1647 Greekist1796 philhellene1826 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. i. 14) Iesus... Not of ἰάομαι to heale, as some Hellenists would have it. 1680 G. Dalgarno Didascalocophus 126 But if all this do not satisfy the Critical Hellenist; Then I must add further, that Use in the present case, will even dare to appeal to right Reason. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. i. 4 In Italy..there were still professors of it [sc. Greek] in the universities; but no one Hellenist distinguishes this [sc. the 17th] century. 1886 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 7 370 He [sc. Plethon] was, indeed, before all things a Hellenist. Instead of priding himself, as Byzantines generally did, on being a Ῥωμαῖος, he lays stress..on the Greeks generally, but above all the Peloponnesians, being Ἔλληνες. 1920 Times 17 May 10/5 As a Hellenist Burrows was not one of those scholars whose sympathies are limited to the Classic Age. 1961 K. Rexroth in W. Arrowsmith & R. Shattuck Craft & Context Transl. i. 36 One of the most engaging Hellenists of our time, Robert Byron, believed that all ancient Greek should be given the modern pronunciation. 1994 J. Edwards Multilingualism (1995) iii. 83 Near the end of the last century, hellenists wishing to describe the roles of dialects in Greek society introduced the idea of diglossie. 2000 Renaissance Q. 53 558 He was one of the first Italians to study ancient Greek under the great Byzantine Hellenist Manuel Chrysoloras. B. adj. Chiefly Ancient History. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Hellenists; Hellenistic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective] > Grecian Jew Hellenistica1629 Hellenist1630 Hellenistical1637 Hellenish1660 1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King iii. viii. 321 The Hellenist Iewes [Fr. Les Iuifs Hellenistes]; that is to saie, those that vsed the Greeke tongue in their Synagogues. 1675 W. Cave Antiquitates Apostolicæ 51 in Bp. J. Taylor & W. Cave Antiquitates Christianæ Here he [sc. St Paul] staid fifteen days, preaching Christ, and confuting the Hellenist Jews with a mighty courage and resolution. 1727 W. Whiston tr. Coll. Rec. Old & New Test. I. 1 The Book of Baruch, the Scribe of the Prophet Jeremiah, with the Epistle of Jeremiah himself,..were part of the Hebrew, as well as of the Hellenist Canon of the Old Testament. a1794 E. Gibbon Autobiogr. (1896) 141 The corrupt dialect of the Hellenist Jews. 1826 Sandusky (Ohio) Clarion 24 June The Greek committee of ladies at Lyons have just made an appeal to all the inhabitants of that town to aid them..in their efforts to promote the Hellenist cause. 1891 H. Graetz Hist. Jews I. xxiii. 444 The Hellenist party themselves requested his [sc. Antiochus'] interference in the internal affairs of Judæa. 1909 Homestead (Des Moines, Iowa) 18 Feb. 40/2 He [sc. St Stephen] was undoubtedly an innovator... This was his natural Hellenist ‘pull’. a1975 C. Reznikoff Poems 1918–1975 (1989) 126 His face was thin and sallow,..such a face as I had seen in the art museum painted on a coffin from Hellenist Alexandria. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. Spec. Coll. Ed.: Myst. of Faith 21/3 Philip, a Hellenist leader and associate of Stephen's, began preaching in neighboring Samaria. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1606
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