Ἕλλην
Alt. Ἕλλην, ηνος, ὁ,
I. "Hellen", son of Deucalion, Hes.
2. the Ἕλληνες of Hom. are "the Thessalian tribe of which Hellen was the reputed chief" (cf. Ἑλλάς 1), Il.
3. later, Ἕλληνες was the regul. name for "Greeks", opp. to βάρβαροι, Hdt., etc.
4. later still, of "Gentiles", Opp. to Jews, NTest.
II. as adj. = Ἑλληνικός, Thuc., etc.:—even with a fem. Subst., Aesch., Eur.