impf. ἑλλήνιζον without augm., Charito 4.5 codd. ; aor. Act. ἑλληνίσαι D.C. 55.3; aor. Pass. without augm., Th. 2.68 codd. ; pf. Pass. ἡλλήνισται J. AJ 1.6.1: — speak Greek, Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ ἑλληνίζει Pl. Men. 82b, cf. Chrm. 159a, Prt. 328a, etc. ; ἑ. τῇ φωνῇ, τὴν φωνήν, Aeschin. 3.172, Charito l.c. ; esp.
speak or write pure or correct Greek, Arist. Rh. 1407a19, D.H. Pomp. 2.5; ἄκρως ἑ. S.E. M. 1.186; opp. βαρβαρίζω, ib. 246. οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν ἑλληνίζοι οὕτως τὸ ἐρώτημα λεχθέν would not be Greek, Arist. SE 182a34.
speak common Greek, opp. the Attic dialect, σὺ μὲν ἀττικίζεις… οἱ δ’ Ἕλληνες ἑλληνίζομεν Posidipp. 28. trans., make Greek, Hellenize, τὴν βάρβαρον Lib. Or. 11.103; translate into Greek, D.C. l.c. ; — Pass., ἑλληνισθῆναι τὴν γλῶσσαν ἀπό τινος acquire the Greek language from…, Th. l.c. ; τὰ ὀνόματα… ἡλλήνισται have assumed an Hellenic form, J. AJ 1.6.1.