- of or relating to Greece, its people, or their language（与）希腊（有关）的; （与）希腊人（有关）的; （与）希腊语（有关）的。比较HELLENIC.
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- a native or national of modern Greece, or a person of Greek descent（现代）希腊人; 希腊人后裔。
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- a Greek-speaking person in the ancient world, especially a native of one of the city states of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.古代使用希腊语的人（尤指希腊城邦及地中海东部的居民）。
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- mass noun the ancient or modern language of Greece, the only representative of the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family（古）希腊语（印欧语系希腊语族的惟一语言）。
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- US a member of a fraternity or sorority having a Greek-letter name〈美〉有希腊字母名称的大学男生联谊会（或女生联谊会）成员。
The ancient form of Greek was spoken in the southern Balkan peninsula from the 2nd millennium BC. The Greek alphabet, used from the 1st millennium BC onwards, was adapted from the Phoenician alphabet. The dialect of classical Athens formed the basis of the standard dialect （koinē） from the 3rd century BC onwards, and this remained as a literary language during the periods of the Byzantine Empire and Turkish rule （see KATHAREVOUSA）. The colloquial language, however, continued to evolve independently （see DEMOTIC）.
短语
beware（或fear）the Greeks bearing gifts
- proverb if a rival or enemy shows one generosity or kindness, one should be suspicious of their motives〈谚〉提防带礼物的希腊人（提防表面慷慨善良实际可能不怀好意的人）。
- [ORIGIN: with allusion to Virgil's Aeneid （ii. 49）.]
it's (all) Greek to me
- informal I can't understand it at all〈非正式〉我完全不懂。
派生词
Greekness
noun词源
Old English Grēcas 'the Greeks'， from Latin Graeci, the name given by the Romans to the people who called themselves the Hellenes， from Greek Graikoi, which according to Aristotle was the prehistoric name of the Hellenes.