Hel-lēn'ie or Hel-lē'nic, a.

(Synop., § 130), a. [Gr. Ἑλλήνιος, Ἑλληνικός, from Ἕλλην, Hellen, son of Deucalion, whence Ἕλληνες, his descendants, at first dwellers in the Thessalian Hellas, later the Greeks in general; Fr. Hellénique.] Pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.