Meaning of Hellenisation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The adoption of Greek manners and culture
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2. The act of causing a culture to become Greek
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3. The act of Hellenizing, making something Greek or Hellenistic in form or character, (cf. Latinize) such as by coining a word with Greek roots to express a concept that otherwise might be expressed in modern vernacular
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Examples

“The practice of divination using mirrors was called Catoptromancy, a name derived from the Greek word katroptron, which means “mirror”, or “reflection”; [emphasis added]”

“Antes (402) German:[…]Humanistic Hellenization of Blume, literally ‘flower’, with reference to the Greek vocabulary word anthos ‘flower’.”

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