hellenic language
Noun
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The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages (synset 106989052)
domain region: ellas, greece, hellenic republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oilis a type of: indo-european, indo-european language, indo-hittite - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asiasubtypes:
- modern greek, new greek - the Greek language as spoken and written today
- late greek - the Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries
- byzantine greek, medieval greek, middle greek - the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD
- koine - a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
- ancient greek - the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire
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