Hellenize

• Hellenise (non-Oxford British English)

From Ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō, “to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”).

Hellenize (third-person singular simple present Hellenizes, present participle Hellenizing, simple past and past participle Hellenized)

1. (intransitive) To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic.
2. (transitive) To render or become Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization.

• Greekify

• Hellenisation or Hellenization
• Helleniser or Hellenizer
• dehellenise or dehellenize

• medize