Hellenize

English

Alternative forms

• Hellenise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō, “to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic.
2. (transitive) To make or become Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization.

Derived terms

• Hellenisation or Hellenization
• Helleniser or Hellenizer

Related terms

• Hellas
• Helladic
• Hellen
• Hellene
• Hellenic
• Hellenism
• Hellenist
• Hellenistic
• Hellenistical

Translations

to become Hellenistic

• Catalan: hel·lenitzar (ca)
• Finnish: hellenisoitua, kreikkalaistua
• Portuguese: helenizar-se
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: helenizarse (es)
• Vietnamese: Hy Lạp hóa, Hi Lạp hóa

to make Hellenistic

• Catalan: hel·lenitzar (ca)
• Czech: helenizovat
• Finnish: hellenisoida, kreikkalaistaa
• French: helléniser (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: helenizar (pt)
• Spanish: helenizar (es)
• Vietnamese: Hy Lạp hóa, Hi Lạp hóa

See also

• medize