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<hw>Hel"le*bore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>helleborus</ets>, <ets>elleborus</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/; cf. F. <ets>hell\'82bore</ets>, <ets>ell\'82bore</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of perennial herbs (<spn>Helleborus</spn>) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. <spn>H. niger</spn> is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. <spn>H. officinalis</spn> was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus <spn>Veratrum</spn>, especially <spn>V. album</spn> and <spn>V. viride</spn>, both called <i>white hellebore</i>.</def>

<h1>Helleborein</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel`le*bo"re*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.</def>

<h1>Helleborin</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel*leb"o*rin</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also <altname>elleborin</altname>.</def>

<h1>Helleborism</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel"le*bo*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.</def>

<h1>Hellene</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel"lene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek.</def>

<i>Brewer.</i>

<h1>Hellenian</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel*le"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or Greeks.</def>

<h1>Hellenic</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel*len"ic</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, fr. <?/ the Greeks.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian.</def> "The <i>Hellenic</i> forces."

<i>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</i>

<h1>Hellenic</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel*len"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander.</def>

<h1>Hellenism</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel"len*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>Hell\'82nisme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.</def>

<h1>Hellenist</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel"len*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>Hell\'82niste</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (<i>Acts vi. 1</i>).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One skilled in the Greek language and literature; <as>as, the critical <ex>Hellenist</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Hellenistic, Hellenistical</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw><hw>Hel`le*nis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hel`le*nis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>Hell\'82nistique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the Hellenists.</def>