Hellenistic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hellenistic
       adj : relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek
             civiliHzation [syn: {Hellenic}, {Hellenistical}]