Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡλίκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡλίκος ἡλίκη ἡλίκον

Structure: ἡλικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from h(=lic

Sense

  1. as big as
  2. as old as
  3. extraordinarily great

Examples

  • τὸν μὲν ποιητὴν οἶσθα οἱο͂́σ τε ἦν καὶ ἡλίκα ἐτραγῴδει παρ’ ὅλον τὸν βίον, ὑπὲρ τὸν Σοφοκλέα καὶ τὸν Αἰσχύλον. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 4:2)
  • καὶ μὴν ἄκουε, ὦ Ζεῦ, ἡλίκα ἐστίν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 12:2)
  • δεῖ δή σοι ἀντὶ τῶν τοσούτων πόνων μέγιστα ἡλίκα γενέσθαι τἀγαθά, ἵνα μὴ φύλλινοσ μόνον ὁ στέφανοσ ᾖ, καὶ τόν τε μισθὸν οὐκ εὐκαταφρόνητον ὁρισθῆναι καὶ τοῦτον ἐν καιρῷ τῆσ χρείασ ἀπραγμόνωσ ἀποδίδοσθαι καὶ τὴν ἄλλην τιμὴν ὑπὲρ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ ὑπάρχειν, πόνων δὲ ἐκείνων καὶ πηλοῦ καὶ δρόμων καὶ ἀγρυπνιῶν ἀναπεπαῦσθαι, καὶ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ τῆσ εὐχῆσ, ἀποτείναντα τὼ πόδε καθεύδειν, μόνα ἐκεῖνα πράττοντα ὧν ἕνεκα τὴν ἀρχὴν παρελήφθησ καὶ ὧν ἔμμισθοσ εἶ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 13:2)
  • ὅτι μὴ γενομένων τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀμάρτυρον συνέβαινε τὸ κάλλοσ εἶναι τῶν ὅλων, καὶ πλοῦτόν τινα πλουτήσειν ἐμέλλομεν οὔτε ὑπ’ ἄλλου τινὸσ θαυμασθησόμενον αὔτε ἡμῖν αὐτοῖσ ὁμοίωσ τίμιον οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν εἴχομεν πρὸσ ὅ τι ἔλαττον παραθεωρῶμεν αὐτόν, οὐδ’ ἂν συνίεμεν ἡλίκα εὐδαιμονοῦμεν οὐχ ὁρῶντεσ ἀμοίρουσ τῶν ἡμετέρων τινάσ· (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 15:3)
  • "ἡλίκα μὲν οὖν τὰ ἀγαθὰ ποριῇ λιθοξόοσ γενόμενοσ, αὕτη προείρηκεν· (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 7:15)

Synonyms

  1. as big as

  2. as old as

  3. extraordinarily great

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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