1. Relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization
   "Greece was poised on its most triumphant period, the Hellenic age";
   - Hellenistic, Hellenistical [rare]
    
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language
   "Hellenic mythology";
   - Greek, Grecian

1. The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
   - Greek, Hellenic language

Derived forms: Hellenics

Type of: Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite

Encyclopedia: Hellenic