Hellenizev.

Brit.

/ˈhɛlᵻnʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈhɛləˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1600s– Hellenize, 1800s– Hellenise. Also occasionally with lower-case initial.

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

Etymology: < ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζειν to speak Greek, in Hellenistic Greek also to make Greek < Ἕλλην Hellene n. + -ίζειν -ize suffix. In sense 1b after Hellenism n. 4b. Compare earlier Hellenism n. and also Hellenist n.

a. intransitive. To adopt (elements of) the Greek culture or lifestyle, esp. to use the Greek language. Also: to cause or force someone to adopt the Greek culture or lifestyle.Used especially of the Jewish peoples after the Diaspora: cf. Hellenist n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [verb (intransitive)]

Grecanize1611

to Grecianize it1611

Hellenize1614

Graecize1879

1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) 137 The Hellenists were so called of hellenizing or vsing the Greeke tongue in their Synagogues.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. i. 279 Such [of the Jews] as did Hellenize and dispersedly dwell out of Palestine with the Greeks.

1653 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. Notes 384/1 So saith Phavorinus..to Hellenize, is to speak Greek, and to have skill in the Greek learning.

1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism iii. 217/2 Jews who made use of the Greek Tongue..were said..to Hellenize.

1753 J. Man Censure & Exam. Ruddiman's Philol. Notes x. 535 Harry Stephen..observes of the Latin comedians in the general that they hellenize.

1806 Edinb. Rev. 7 493 In Alexandria..the Egyptian superstitions..condescended to hellenize a little.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. ii. 27 There had been..Hellenistic Jews who Hellenised in matters far more serious than the language which they spoke.

1938 M. S. Enslin Christian Beginnings i. 13 These efforts by Antiochus and his creatures to hellenize..tended to drive the disgruntled Jews still closer to Egypt.

1994 P. Georges Barbarian Asia 102 Historically it was the native peoples, the Carians and Lydians, who Hellenized and not the other way about.

b. intransitive. Chiefly in Matthew Arnold's terminology: to adopt Hellenism (Hellenism n. 4b) as a cultural or philosophical ideal; contrasted with Hebraize.

ΚΠ

1868 M. Arnold Anarchy & Authority [Culture & Anarchy] in Cornhill Mag. June 756 The Greeks..escaped the fanaticism which we moderns, whether we Hellenise or whether we Hebraise, are so apt to show.

1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy Pref. p. lviii Now, and for us, it is a time to Hellenise, and to praise knowing; for we have Hebraised too much, and have over-valued doing.

1934 M. Sherwood Undercurrents of Infl. in Eng. Romantic Poetry vii. 318 One wonders if one reason for Matthew Arnold's lesser hope is not suggested in his phrase: ‘The enduring power, not ourselves, that makes for righteousness’.—(Did he not realize that, in saying this, he was Hebraizing, not Hellenizing?)

1998 19th-Cent. Lit. 53 203 [George] Eliot seems to say we have Hellenized too much, and now is the time to Hebraize.

2. transitive. To make Greek or Hellenistic in form or character.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [verb (transitive)]

Grecanize1611

Graecize1702

Hellenize1728

Greekize1800

Hellenicize1852

Grecianize1884

1728 T. Bullock Reasoning of Christ & Apostles Pref. p. xxvii The Jews..knew nothing of the allegorical method, 'till long after the captivity, when they became Hellenized.

1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 290 Perhaps I shall one day have to hellenize the jargon.

1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 514 To Anglicize Pindar is not the adventure. It is to Hellenize an English reader.

1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) iii. v. 210 Why should not Asia be Hellenized?

1923 Amer. Hist. Rev. 29 115 The attempt to Hellenize the South Russian steppes was not a complete success; much more successful was the attempt to orientalize the semi-Greek world of the northern shores of the Black Sea.

1980 Antiquaries Jrnl. 60 115 Apart from a penchant for the scarab form in the sixth century..the art [sc. seal-engraving] was quickly hellenized.

2002 R. Webber Younger Evangelicals i. i. 29 It separated Jesus from Paul, arguing that Paul had Hellenized the gospel.

Derivatives

ˈHellenized adj.

ΚΠ

1844 W. Kay in J. H. Newman & W. Kay tr. C. Fleury Eccl. Hist. III. 29 (note) Pelagius is only a Hellenized form of Morgan.

1943 M. Samuel tr. S. Asch Apostle i. ii. 16 They greeted each other in the exaggerated, stylized phrases then in vogue even among intimates, an echo of the verses of the Song of Songs in a Hellenized setting.

1997 J. Satinover Cracking Bible Code vi. 72 Hellenized variations on this theme would find their way into Christian theology.

ˈHellenizer n.

ΘΚΠ

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

Hellenizer1838

1838 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy (ed. 2) 520 Some of the Hellenisers said she was Minerva.

1925 H. P. Smith Old Test. Hist. xix. 463 The Maccabeans regarded the Hellenisers as renegades, and were in turn looked down upon as outlaws and brigands.

1992 Church Times 3 Jan. 8/4 It was the circumcision which originally identified in the flesh Jews as Jews. Hellenisers tried to obliterate its physical results.

ˈHellenizing adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed 127 (note) Which language [of the Septuagint] being preserved by the Hellenizing Jews.

1728 R. D'Oyly Four Diss. ii. iv. 229 That Quarter being inhabited chiefly by Hellenizing Jews.

1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy vi. 226 That fruitful Hellenising within the limits of Hebraism.

1880 Times 27 July 5/2 The Hellenizing movement appears to be at an end, and the Bulgarians insist on having their own churches and schools.

1928 San Antonio (Texas) Light 12 Jan. a9/1 The Hellenizing of the ancient world.

1992 S. Heilman Defenders of Faith v. 77 The Maccabees..had reclaimed the Holy Temple from the Syrian Greeks and their hellenizing compatriots.

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

单词	hellenize
释义	Hellenizev. Brit. /ˈhɛlᵻnʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈhɛləˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1600s– Hellenize, 1800s– Hellenise. Also occasionally with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Ἑλληνίζειν. Etymology: < ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζειν to speak Greek, in Hellenistic Greek also to make Greek < Ἕλλην Hellene n. + -ίζειν -ize suffix. In sense 1b after Hellenism n. 4b. Compare earlier Hellenism n. and also Hellenist n. 1. a. intransitive. To adopt (elements of) the Greek culture or lifestyle, esp. to use the Greek language. Also: to cause or force someone to adopt the Greek culture or lifestyle.Used especially of the Jewish peoples after the Diaspora: cf. Hellenist n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [verb (intransitive)] Grecanize1611 to Grecianize it1611 Hellenize1614 Graecize1879 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) 137 The Hellenists were so called of hellenizing or vsing the Greeke tongue in their Synagogues. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. i. 279 Such [of the Jews] as did Hellenize and dispersedly dwell out of Palestine with the Greeks. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. Notes 384/1 So saith Phavorinus..to Hellenize, is to speak Greek, and to have skill in the Greek learning. 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism iii. 217/2 Jews who made use of the Greek Tongue..were said..to Hellenize. 1753 J. Man Censure & Exam. Ruddiman's Philol. Notes x. 535 Harry Stephen..observes of the Latin comedians in the general that they hellenize. 1806 Edinb. Rev. 7 493 In Alexandria..the Egyptian superstitions..condescended to hellenize a little. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. ii. 27 There had been..Hellenistic Jews who Hellenised in matters far more serious than the language which they spoke. 1938 M. S. Enslin Christian Beginnings i. 13 These efforts by Antiochus and his creatures to hellenize..tended to drive the disgruntled Jews still closer to Egypt. 1994 P. Georges Barbarian Asia 102 Historically it was the native peoples, the Carians and Lydians, who Hellenized and not the other way about. b. intransitive. Chiefly in Matthew Arnold's terminology: to adopt Hellenism (Hellenism n. 4b) as a cultural or philosophical ideal; contrasted with Hebraize. ΚΠ 1868 M. Arnold Anarchy & Authority [Culture & Anarchy] in Cornhill Mag. June 756 The Greeks..escaped the fanaticism which we moderns, whether we Hellenise or whether we Hebraise, are so apt to show. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy Pref. p. lviii Now, and for us, it is a time to Hellenise, and to praise knowing; for we have Hebraised too much, and have over-valued doing. 1934 M. Sherwood Undercurrents of Infl. in Eng. Romantic Poetry vii. 318 One wonders if one reason for Matthew Arnold's lesser hope is not suggested in his phrase: ‘The enduring power, not ourselves, that makes for righteousness’.—(Did he not realize that, in saying this, he was Hebraizing, not Hellenizing?) 1998 19th-Cent. Lit. 53 203 [George] Eliot seems to say we have Hellenized too much, and now is the time to Hebraize. 2. transitive. To make Greek or Hellenistic in form or character. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [verb (transitive)] Grecanize1611 Graecize1702 Hellenize1728 Greekize1800 Hellenicize1852 Grecianize1884 1728 T. Bullock Reasoning of Christ & Apostles Pref. p. xxvii The Jews..knew nothing of the allegorical method, 'till long after the captivity, when they became Hellenized. 1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 290 Perhaps I shall one day have to hellenize the jargon. 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 514 To Anglicize Pindar is not the adventure. It is to Hellenize an English reader. 1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) iii. v. 210 Why should not Asia be Hellenized? 1923 Amer. Hist. Rev. 29 115 The attempt to Hellenize the South Russian steppes was not a complete success; much more successful was the attempt to orientalize the semi-Greek world of the northern shores of the Black Sea. 1980 Antiquaries Jrnl. 60 115 Apart from a penchant for the scarab form in the sixth century..the art [sc. seal-engraving] was quickly hellenized. 2002 R. Webber Younger Evangelicals i. i. 29 It separated Jesus from Paul, arguing that Paul had Hellenized the gospel. Derivatives ˈHellenized adj. ΚΠ 1844 W. Kay in J. H. Newman & W. Kay tr. C. Fleury Eccl. Hist. III. 29 (note) Pelagius is only a Hellenized form of Morgan. 1943 M. Samuel tr. S. Asch Apostle i. ii. 16 They greeted each other in the exaggerated, stylized phrases then in vogue even among intimates, an echo of the verses of the Song of Songs in a Hellenized setting. 1997 J. Satinover Cracking Bible Code vi. 72 Hellenized variations on this theme would find their way into Christian theology. ˈHellenizer n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece > one conforming to Hellenizer1838 1838 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy (ed. 2) 520 Some of the Hellenisers said she was Minerva. 1925 H. P. Smith Old Test. Hist. xix. 463 The Maccabeans regarded the Hellenisers as renegades, and were in turn looked down upon as outlaws and brigands. 1992 Church Times 3 Jan. 8/4 It was the circumcision which originally identified in the flesh Jews as Jews. Hellenisers tried to obliterate its physical results. ˈHellenizing adj. and n. ΚΠ 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed 127 (note) Which language [of the Septuagint] being preserved by the Hellenizing Jews. 1728 R. D'Oyly Four Diss. ii. iv. 229 That Quarter being inhabited chiefly by Hellenizing Jews. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy vi. 226 That fruitful Hellenising within the limits of Hebraism. 1880 Times 27 July 5/2 The Hellenizing movement appears to be at an end, and the Bulgarians insist on having their own churches and schools. 1928 San Antonio (Texas) Light 12 Jan. a9/1 The Hellenizing of the ancient world. 1992 S. Heilman Defenders of Faith v. 77 The Maccabees..had reclaimed the Holy Temple from the Syrian Greeks and their hellenizing compatriots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1614
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