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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἡλίκος ἡλίκη ἡλίκον
Genitive ἡλίκου ἡλίκης ἡλίκου
Dative ἡλίκῳ ἡλίκῃ ἡλίκῳ
Accusative ἡλίκον ἡλίκην ἡλίκον
Vocative ἡλίκε ἡλίκη ἡλίκον
DualN/A/V ἡλίκω ἡλίκᾱ ἡλίκω
G/D ἡλίκοιν ἡλίκαιν ἡλίκοιν
PluralNominative ἡλίκοι ἡλίκαι ἡλίκα
Genitive ἡλίκων ἡλικῶν ἡλίκων
Dative ἡλίκοις ἡλίκαις ἡλίκοις
Accusative ἡλίκους ἡλίκᾱς ἡλίκα
Vocative ἡλίκοι ἡλίκαι ἡλίκα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἡλίκος ἡλίκου ἡλικότερος ἡλικοτέρου ἡλικότατος ἡλικοτάτου
Adverb ἡλίκως ἡλικότερον ἡλικότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’, ὦ κατάπυγον, οἰεί τοσοῦτον μανδραγόραν κατακεχύσθαι αὐτοῦ ὡσ ταῦτα μὲν ἀκούειν, ἐκεῖνα δὲ μὴ εἰδέναι, οἱο͂σ μέν σου ὁ μεθ’ ἡμέραν βίοσ, οἱοῖ δέ σοι πότοι, ὁποῖαι δὲ νύκτεσ καὶ οἱοίσ καὶ ἡλίκοισ συγκαθεύδεισ; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 23:1)
  • ὦ μάταιοι, τῆσ ἀνοίασ, οὐκ εἰδότεσ ἡλίκοισ ὁρ́οισ διακέκριται τὰ νεκρῶν καὶ τὰ ζώντων πράγματα καὶ οἱᾶ τὰ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἐστι καὶ ὅτι κάτθαν’ ὁμῶσ ὃ τ’ ἄτυμβοσ ἀνὴρ ὃσ τ’ ἔλλαχε τύμβου, ἐν δὲ ἰῇ τιμῇ Ἶροσ κρείων τ’ Ἀγαμέμνων Θερσίτῃ; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 22:12)
  • ἐν οἷσ δὲ καιροῖσ καὶ ἡλίκοισ κινδύνοισ τὴν πόλιν οὖσαν Λεωκράτησ προδέδωκεν ἀναμνῆσαι ὑμᾶσ βούλομαι. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 51:2)
  • καὶ νῦν Οὐολούσκοισ κατὰ Ῥωμαίων ἵσταται τρόπαια, καὶ κοσμεῖται τοῖσ ἡμετέροισ λαφύροισ τἀκείνων ἱερὰ καὶ ἐν αὐχήμασιν, ἡλίκοισ οὐπώποτε αἱ πόλεισ αὐτῶν εἰσιν τέωσ ὑπὲρ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ τε καὶ κατασκαφῆσ τῶν ἡμετέρων δεόμεναι ἡγεμόνων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 9, chapter 53 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. as big as

  2. as old as

  3. extraordinarily great

Related

Similar forms

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

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