Hellenist

hellenist English Etymology From en grc Ἑλληνιστής ἑλληνιστής somebody who speaks Greek, from grc ἑλληνίζειν to speak Greek, to behave like a Greek, to become Greek, hellenize (infinitive of grc ἑλληνίζω), from grc Ἕλλην Greek. Pronunciation en /ˈhɛl.ɪ.nɪst/ /ˈhɛl.ə.nɪst/ UK,US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hellenist.wav Southern England Noun A specialist in the study of Greek language, literature, culture, or history, or an admirer of the Greek culture and civilization. en Greek scholar Grecist en 12 Dec 2025 Tom Hercules Davies Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe The Classical Quarterly 75 1 7 But it is no objection to a programme of research that it encounters difficult cases, and Hellenists with a hand in each field may even decide such territorial disputes. A person who adopted the Greek customs, language and culture during the Hellenistic period, especially a Hellenized Jew. A non-Greek follower and practitioner of Hellenic religion (aka Hellenism) Related terms en Hellas Helladic Hellen Hellene Hellenic Hellenisation,Hellenization Hellenise,Hellenize Helleniser,Hellenizer Hellenism Hellenistic Hellenistical Translations specialist in the study of Greek culture or history Armenian: hy հելլենիստ Belarusian: be эліні́ст m, be эліні́стка f Bulgarian: bg елини́ст m, bg елини́стка f Catalan: ca hel·lenista m f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Czech: cs helénista m, cs helénistka f Danish: da hellenist c Dutch: nl hellenist m Esperanto: eo helenisto Estonian: et hellenist Finnish: fi hellenisti French: fr helléniste m f Galician: gl helenista m f German: de Gräzist m, de Hellenist m, de Hellenistin f Greek: el ελληνιστής m, el ελληνίστρια f Hungarian: hu hellenista Irish: ga Gréagóir m, ga Heilléanaí m, ga Heilléiní m Italian: it ellenista m f Latvian: lv hellēnists m, lv hellēniste f Macedonian: mk елинист m, mk елинистка f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb hellenist m Nynorsk: nn hellenist m Polish: pl hellenista m, pl hellenistka f Portuguese: pt helenista m f Romanian: ro elenist m, ro elenistă f Russian: ru эллини́ст m, ru эллини́стка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh хелѐнист m Latin: sh helènist m Slovak: sk helenista m, sk helenistka f Slovene: sl helenist m, sl helenistka f Spanish: es helenista m f Ukrainian: uk елліні́ст m, uk елліні́стка f person who adopted the Greek culture during the Hellenistic period Catalan: ca hel·lenista m f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 希利尼人 hei1 lei6 nei4 jan4 Mandarin: cmn 希利尼人 Xīlìnírén Czech: cs helénista m, cs helénistka f Esperanto: eo helenisto Finnish: fi hellenisti Galician: gl helenista m f German: de Hellenist m, de Hellenistin f Greek: el ελληνιστής m, el ελληνίστρια f Hebrew: he מתיוון m mityavén Irish: ga Gréagóir m, ga Heilléanaí m, ga Heilléiní m Italian: it ellenista m f Portuguese: pt helenizado m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh хелѐнист m Latin: sh helènist m Slovak: sk helenista m, sk helenistka f Spanish: es helenista m f en Ancient Greece Anthropologists Linguists