hellenistic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: Hel=len=is=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

hellenistic, a. [Cf. F. Hellénistique.].

 Pertaining to the Hellenists.  [1913 Webster]

Hellenistic language, Hellenistic dialect, or Hellenistic idiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hellenistic, adj. of or relating to Greek history, language, and culture from the death of Alexander the Great to the time of Augustus (4th-1st c. BC).