Meaning of Hellenical | Babel Free
Definitions
Hellenic.
archaic, rare
Examples
“If therefore the learned men above-mentioned mean only, that the Etruſcan language agrees with that firſt ſpoken in Greece, we readily ſubſcribe to their opinion; but, if they are to be underſtood of the later or Hellenical Greek, we muſt beg leave to diſſent from them. […] We ſay, more unmixed with ſtrangers than their neighbours; ſince the Etruſcans, in general, had had an intercourſe for ſome ages with the Romans and Hellenical Greeks, when Herodotus wrote his hiſtory.”
“It is therefore eaſy to conceive, that the rude language of the ancient Pelaſgi was very different from the later or Hellenical Greek.”
“The critical notes: these cannot be analysed; we will, however, offer a specimen or two.—Republic of Sparta, ch. xiii. 9. the text, [Greek text]. Leunclave translates by juveni quoque ac delecto ad pugnam ineundam permittitur ut, &c. M. Gail gives a learned note to prove the nonsense of this version; but, in fact, it requires no great hellenical skill to shew it must be wrong.”
“The most illustrious of these was Lord Byron—a name not more esteemed in England, as that of one of the foremost of our poets, than it is in Greece, as that of one of the most devoted and enthusiastic of the “Franks,” to use a mediœval^([sic]) name, who, fired by the old Hellenical associations, sought to re-establish the ancient glory of a fallen race.”
“IV. The Hellenical languages, the parent of which is the ancient Greek, from which comes the modern Greek, and, at an early period, the Latin.”
“The conclusion of the whole matter seems to be, that as the word κυριακός has not been found in any classical work, and occurs only twice in the New Testament, there is no possibility at present of being sure in what precise sense it is there used; though further research in classical or Hellenical writers may hereafter throw some light upon the question.”
“Col. Clar. Ousley, defying the Greek-letter Hellenical banqueters at Dal.”
“Lucian in the second century may be considered as the last representative of Hellenical critical scepticism.”
“He was a member of Hyde Park lodge, No. 339. Free and Accepted Masons; Keystone consistory, Irem temple, Tell Cedars of Lebanon, the Hellenical Orthodox Greek church and a director of the A. H. E. P. A. society.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.