/muy'si nee"euhn/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to the ancient city of Mycenae.
2. denoting or pertaining to the ancient civilization at Mycenae, dating from c2000 to c1100 B.C.
n.
3. Also called Mycenaean Greek . the earliest recorded Greek dialect, written in the Linear B syllabary and dating from the 15th through the 13th centuries B.C.
[ 1590-1600; MYCENAE + -AN ]