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Webster 1913 Edition


Hellenic

Hel-len′ic

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] the Greeks.]
Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.
“The Hellenic forces.”
Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Hel-len′ic

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Noun.
The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.