Hellene

See also: hellene, hellène, and Hellène

English

Etymology

From Ἕλληνες (Héllēnes, “Greeks”), most probably a derivation of Ἑλλοί (Helloí) or Σελλοί (Selloí), the Greek inhabitants of the area around the sanctuary of Dodona (Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē)). In Greek mythology Ἕλλην (Héllēn), whom the Ἕλληνες (Héllēnes, “Greeks”) were named after, was the son of Δευκαλίων (Deukalíōn) and Πύρρα (Púrrha).

Noun

Hellene (plural Hellenes)

1. A Greek, especially an Ancient Greek.

Derived terms

• Hellen
• Hellenic
• Hellenisation, Hellenization
• Hellenise, Hellenize
• Helleniser, Hellenizer
• Hellenism
• Hellenist
• Hellenistic
• Hellenistical

 

Related terms

• Helladic
• Hellas

 

Translations

a Greek — see also Greek

• Armenian: հելլեն (hy) (hellen), հելլենացի (hy) (hellenacʻi)
• Czech: Helén m
• Danish: hellener c
• Dutch: Helleen m
• Esperanto: heleno (eo)
• Finnish: helleeni (fi)
• German: Hellene (de) m, Hellenin (de) f
• Greek: Έλληνας (el) m (Éllinas), Ελληνίδα (el) f (Ellinída)

  Ancient: Ἕλλην m (Héllēn), Ἑλληνίς f (Hellēnís)

• Irish: Heilléanach m
• Latin: Hellenes pl
• Norwegian: Hellener
• Polish: Hellen (pl) m
• Portuguese: heleno (pt) m
• Romanian: elen (ro) m, elenă (ro) f
• Russian: э́ллин (ru) m (éllin)
• Swedish: hellen (sv) c

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛˈleːnə/, [hɛ-], [he-]

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• Homophone: Helene (with [e])

Noun

Hellene m (weak, genitive Hellenen, plural Hellenen, feminine Hellenin)

1. Hellene (person)

Declension

Declension of Hellene [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hellene	die	Hellenen
genitive	eines	des	Hellenen	der	Hellenen
dative	einem	dem	Hellenen	den	Hellenen
accusative	einen	den	Hellenen	die	Hellenen