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Hellenic

Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.

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Greek 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

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Indo-European 76% connected

Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or natio…

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Hellene 74% connected

A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.

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Hellene 74% connected

A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.

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Hellenism 66% connected

A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism.

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Grecian 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

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Greek 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

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Hellenistic 92% connected

Alt. of Hellenistical

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Hellenistical 92% connected

Pertaining to the Hellenists.

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Adoption noun · 78% connection

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

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Attic noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

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Borrowing noun · 78% connection

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

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Classical adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

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Classical Greek noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

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Combination noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining form noun · 78% connection

a bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"

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Compounding noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Descriptor noun · 78% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Erudite adjective · 78% connection

having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

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form noun · 78% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Graeco-Roman adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

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Greco-Roman adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

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Ionic noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

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Ionic dialect noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

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Latin adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language; "Latin verb conjugations"

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Learned adjective · 78% connection

having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

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Achaian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

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Acropolis noun · 78% connection

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

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Amphictyony noun · 78% connection

A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain…

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Archipelago noun · 78% connection

The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

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Argive noun · 78% connection

A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.

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British adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.

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Demosthenic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.

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Depopulation noun · 78% connection

the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)

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Dual adjective · 78% connection

a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "anci…

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Echinus noun · 78% connection

The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.

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Eparch noun · 78% connection

In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

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Eponyme noun · 78% connection

The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the…

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