# Hellenic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /həˈlɛnɪk/ · frequency rank #34,915

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
2. Of or pertaining to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).
3. Of or derived from Ancient Greek.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or pertaining to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). By surface analysis, Hellen + -ic. First attested in c. 1640.

## Common misspellings (10)
`ehllenic`, `helelnic`, `helenic`, `helleinc`, `hellenci`, `hellenicc`, `hellennic`, `hellneic`, `hhellenic`, `hlelenic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hellenic