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greek

1. Greek \'gre-k\ n [ME Greke, fr. OE Gre-ca, fr. L Graecus, fr. Gk 
   Graikos] [trans. of L Graecum (in the medieval phrase Graecum est; non po] 
   1a: a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Greece  1b: a person of 
   Greek descent  2a: the language used by the Greeks from prehistoric times 
   to the present c onstituting a branch of Indo-european 2b: ancient Greek as 
   used from the time of the earliest records to the end  of the 2d century 
   A.D. not cap test legi It is Greek; it cannot be read) 2c: something 
   unintelligible 
2. Greek aj 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of Greece, the Greeks, or 
   Greek {(R@ architecture} 2a: Eastern Orthodox  2b: of or relating to an 
   Eastern church using the Byzantine rite in Greek  2c: of or relating to the 
   established Orthodox church of Greece