helenismo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈnismo/ [e.leˈniz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: he‧le‧nis‧mo

Noun

helenismo m (plural helenismos)

1. Hellenism (the culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period)
2. Hellenism (a Greek idiom or turn of phrase)
3. Hellenism (the admiration for and adoption of ancient Greek culture)

Related terms

• helenista

 

Further reading

• “helenismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16