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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization;
[syn: Hellenic, Hellenistic, Hellenistical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hellenistic \Hel`le*nis"tic\, Hellenistical \Hel`le*nis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. Hell['e]nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. [1913 Webster] Hellenistic language, Hellenistic dialect, or Hellenistic idiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Hellenistic adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization [syn: Hellenic, Hellenistic, Hellenistical]