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Hellenistic

Today it means: Of or pertaining to the period of the Greek culture, history, or art from after the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian (31 BCE—though this is often debated, and can range from 146 BCE to 330 CE [*]). Full definition →

German hellenistisch ← Ancient Greek Ἑλληνιστής

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Ancient Greek · derived fromἙλληνιστής“one who uses the Greek language”
German · derived fromhellenistisch
English todayHellenistic

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekἙλληνιστής all →

Hellenist Hellenistic Greek

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.