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Hellenistic

Alt. of Hellenistical

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Hellenism 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hellenism 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hellenic 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hellenistical 92% connected

Pertaining to the Hellenists.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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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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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the act of combining things to form a new whole

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the act of combining things to form a new whole

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

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

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

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the Greek language as spoken and written today

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

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