Word: Hellenic
Part of speech: Proper noun
Syllables: he
lle
nic
Definition: Proper noun~ The Greek language and its dialects from the earliest records (Linear B inscriptions, about 1600-1300 ) to the present Modern Greek.
Morphemes:
Affix: Hellen
Language: en
PoS: Proper noun
Meaning: Proper noun~ the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus
Etymology Compounds: Affix: Ἕλλην
Language: grc
Decoded: Ellen
PoS: Proper noun
Meaning: Proper noun~ Hellen, the mythical patriarch of the Greeks.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to