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Answer for the clue "Greek ", 8 letters:
hellenic
Alternative clues for the word hellenic
Word definitions for hellenic in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hellenic \Hel*len"ic\, n. The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hellenic is a synonym for Greek . It means either: of or pertaining to the Hellenic Republic (modern Greece) or Greek people ( Hellenes , ) and culture of or pertaining to ancient Greece , ancient Greek people, culture and civilization
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to Greece," 1640s, from Greek Hellenikos , from Hellen "a Greek," of unknown origin. Earliest surviving use is by Homer in reference to a Thessalian tribe.
Usage examples of hellenic.
Less exposed to Hellenic and Roman culture than the Celtiberians, the Lusitani were probably somewhat less Celtic than Iberian in racial content, though the two strains were mixed in them.
The open space, usually surrounded by colonnades or some kind of public buildings, which served any Greek or Hellenic city as its public meeting place and civic center.
To his twin-brother, who was born after him, and obtained as his lot the extremity of the island toward the Pillars of Heracles, as far as the country which is still called the region of Gades in that part of the world, be gave the name which in the Hellenic language is Eumelus, in the language of the country which is named after him, Gadeirus.
In all there were about three thousand Hellenic heavy infantry, accompanied by all the Macedonian cavalry with the Chalcidians, near one thousand strong, besides an immense crowd of barbarians.
Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon's Hellenics, Anabasis and Memorabilia, Cicero's works, Baretti's Spanish and English Dictionary, Martin's Philosophical Grammar, and Martin's Philosophia Britannica.
The many-ranked phalanxes of Hellenic warriors had been designed to take advantage of the great reach of their long spears and pikes.