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hel·len·ic I. \heˈlenik, -nēk sometimes -lēn-\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Greek Hellēnikos, from Hellēn + -ikos -ic 1. : greek; specifically : of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek history or culture between the first Olympiad in 776 B.C. and the conquests of Alexander ending in 323 B.C. constituting a period of a growing sense of solidarity among the independent city states and of original and influential achievements in politics, art, literature, and philosophy : classical < the controlled intensity of thought and emotion of the Hellenic Athenians was not for the people of Hellenistic times — E.H.Short > 2. : marked by intellectual or artistic Hellenism < the Hellenic temper of modern humanism > • hel·len·i·cal·ly \-nə̇k(ə)lē, -nēk-, -li\ adverb, often capitalized II. noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized : classical Greek; especially : greek 2a |