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πηλίκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηλίκος πηλίκη πηλίκον

Structure: πηλικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: interrog. of thli/kos, h(li/kos

Sense

  1. how great or large?
  2. of what age, of a certain age

Examples

  • πόσαι μὲν γὰρ παρεμβολαὶ καὶ φρούρια, πόσαι δὲ καὶ πηλίκαι πόλεισ τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ παρεσπόνδηνται; (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 75 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. how great or large?

Related

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

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