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From Ancient Greek ἑλληνιστής ( hellēnistḗs , “ somebody who speaks Greek ” ) , from ἑλληνίζειν ( hellēnízein , “ to speak Greek, to behave like a Greek, to become Greek, hellenize ” ) (infinitive of ἑλληνίζω ( hellēnízō ) ), from Ἕλλην ( Héllēn , “ Greek ” ) .
Hellenist (plural Hellenists
A specialist in the study of Greek language , literature, culture, or history, or an admirer of the Greek culture and civilization.
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 ) specialist in the study of Greek culture or history
Armenian: հելլենիստ ( hellenist )
Belarusian: эліні́ст m ( eliníst ) , эліні́стка f ( elinístka )
Bulgarian: елини́ст m ( eliníst ) , елини́стка f ( elinístka )
Catalan: hel·lenista m or f
Czech: helénista m helénistka f
Danish: hellenist c
Dutch: hellenist (nl) m
Esperanto: helenisto
Estonian: hellenist
Finnish: hellenisti
French: helléniste (fr) m or f
Galician: helenista m or f
German: Hellenist (de) m Hellenistin (de) f
Greek: ελληνιστής (el) m ( ellinistís ) , ελληνίστρια f ( ellinístria )
Hungarian: hellenista (hu)
Irish: (please verify ) Gréagóir m (please verify ) Heilléanaí m (please verify ) Heilléiní m
Italian: ellenista m or f
Latvian: hellēnists m hellēniste f
Macedonian: елинист m ( elinist ) , елинистка f ( elinistka )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hellenist m
Nynorsk: hellenist m
Polish: hellenista (pl) m hellenistka f
Portuguese: helenista (pt) m or f
Romanian: elenist (ro) m elenistă (ro) f
Russian: эллини́ст (ru) m ( elliníst ) , эллини́стка (ru) f ( ellinístka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хелѐнист m
Latin: helènist (sh) m
Slovak: helenista m helenistka f
Slovene: helenist m helenistka f
Spanish: helenista (es) m or f
Ukrainian: елліні́ст m ( elliníst ) , елліні́стка f ( ellinístka )
person who adopted the Greek culture during the Hellenistic period
