Hellenistic

English

Etymology

From German hellenistisch, from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνιστής (Hellēnistḗs, “one who uses the Greek language”), from Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”); as if Hellenist +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlənɪstɪk/

Adjective

Hellenistic (comparative more Hellenistic, superlative most Hellenistic)

1. Of or relating to the period of the Greek culture, history, or art after the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.) to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian (31 B.C.) – though this end-point is often debated, and can range from 146BC to 330AD [*].
2. Of or relating to a Hellenist.

Derived terms

• Hellenistical

Related terms

• Helladic
• Hellas
• Hellen
• Hellene
• Hellenic
• Hellenisation, Hellenization
• Hellenise, Hellenize
• Helleniser, Hellenizer
• Hellenism
• Hellenist
• Hellenistic Greek

Descendants

• → Greek: ελληνιστικός (ellinistikós)

Translations

of or relating to a period of Greek history

• Catalan: hel·lenístic
• Czech: helénistický
• Dutch: hellenistisch (nl)
• Esperanto: helenisma
• Finnish: hellenistinen
• French: hellénistique (fr)
• German: hellenistisch (de)
• Greek: ελληνιστικός (el) (ellinistikós)
• Hungarian: hellenisztikus (hu)
• Italian: ellenista, ellenistico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hellenistisk

  Nynorsk: hellenistisk

• Portuguese: helenista (pt), helenístico
• Russian: эллинисти́ческий (ru) (ellinistíčeskij)
• Spanish: helenístico (es)

of or relating to a Hellenist

• Dutch: hellenistisch (nl)
• Finnish: hellenistinen
• German: hellenistisch (de)
• Greek: ελληνιστικός (el) (ellinistikós)
• Hungarian: hellenisztikus (hu)
• Italian: ellenista, ellenistico (it)
• Portuguese: helenista (pt), helenístico
• Russian: эллинисти́ческий (ru) (ellinistíčeskij)
• Spanish: helenístico (es)

Anagrams

• Hellenicist