Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hellanodic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hel-lan-od-ic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A judge or umpire in certain games or combats.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλλανοδίκας (Hellanodíkas), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”) + δίκη (díkē, “justice”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Ἑλλανοδίκας

Inflected Forms

Hellanodics (plural)

Questions

What does hellanodic mean?: A judge or umpire in certain games or combats.
Where does hellanodic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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