Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hellenic
IPA transcription: [həl'ɛnɪk]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic
    Meaning: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical
  • Synonyms: Hellenic, Hellenistic, Hellenistical
    Meaning: relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic_language
    Meaning: the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Usage examples
  • And there are many other points in which a likeness might be shown between the life of the Hellenic world of old and the barbarian of to-day.
  • The preparations of both the combatants were in every department in the last state of perfection; and he could see the rest of the Hellenic race taking sides in the quarrel; those who delayed doing so at once having it in contemplation.
  • "Senor Lopez's view, that the Peruvians were Aryans who left the parent stock long before the Teutonic or Hellenic races entered Europe, is supported by arguments drawn from language, from the traces of institutions, from religious beliefs, from legendary records, and artistic remains.
  • He made himself master of what is now called the Hellenic sea, and ruled over the Cyclades, into most of which he sent the first colonies, expelling the Carians and appointing his own sons governors; and thus did his best to put down piracy in those waters, a necessary step to secure the revenues for his own use.
  • The winter ensuing, the Athenians in Sicily with their Hellenic allies, and such of the Sicel subjects or allies of Syracuse as had revolted from her and joined their army, marched against the Sicel town Inessa, the acropolis of which was held by the Syracusans, and after attacking it without being able to take it, retired.