ἡλίκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yós, like the basic relative pronoun ὅς (hós), + the same suffix as Latin tālis (“such”) and quālis (“[such] as”) +‎ -κός (-kós, adjective suffix). Cf. ἧλιξ (hêlix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.lí.kos/ → /iˈli.kos/ → /iˈli.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.lí.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈli.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈli.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈli.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈli.kos/

Adjective

ἡλῐ́κος • (hēlíkos) m (feminine ἡλῐ́κη, neuter ἡλῐ́κον); first/second declension

1. (relative adjective) as big or great as, as old as
   • 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 13:

     ἀλλ’ ἐφ’ οἷς ἀδικοῦντά μ’ ἑώρα τὴν πόλιν, οὖσί γε τηλικούτοις ἡλίκα νῦν ἐτραγῴδει καὶ διεξῄει, […]

     all’ eph’ hoîs adikoûntá m’ heṓra tḕn pólin, oûsí ge tēlikoútois hēlíka nûn etragṓidei kaì diexḗiei, […]

     But against whatever wrongs he saw me commit against the city, if they really are as great as he just now dramatized and recounted in detail, […]

2. (indirect interrogative adjective) how big; extraordinarily big or small
3. (exclamatory adjective) how big!

Inflection

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἡλῐ́κος hēlíkos	ἡλῐ́κη hēlíkē	ἡλῐ́κον hēlíkon		ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κᾱ hēlíkā	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō		ἡλῐ́κοι hēlíkoi	ἡλῐ́και hēlíkai	ἡλῐ́κᾰ hēlíka
Genitive		ἡλῐ́κου hēlíkou	ἡλῐ́κης hēlíkēs	ἡλῐ́κου hēlíkou		ἡλῐ́κοιν hēlíkoin	ἡλῐ́καιν hēlíkain	ἡλῐ́κοιν hēlíkoin		ἡλῐ́κων hēlíkōn	ἡλῐ́κων hēlíkōn	ἡλῐ́κων hēlíkōn
Dative		ἡλῐ́κῳ hēlíkōi	ἡλῐ́κῃ hēlíkēi	ἡλῐ́κῳ hēlíkōi		ἡλῐ́κοιν hēlíkoin	ἡλῐ́καιν hēlíkain	ἡλῐ́κοιν hēlíkoin		ἡλῐ́κοις hēlíkois	ἡλῐ́καις hēlíkais	ἡλῐ́κοις hēlíkois
Accusative		ἡλῐ́κον hēlíkon	ἡλῐ́κην hēlíkēn	ἡλῐ́κον hēlíkon		ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κᾱ hēlíkā	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō		ἡλῐ́κους hēlíkous	ἡλῐ́κᾱς hēlíkās	ἡλῐ́κᾰ hēlíka
Vocative		ἡλῐ́κε hēlíke	ἡλῐ́κη hēlíkē	ἡλῐ́κον hēlíkon		ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κᾱ hēlíkā	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō		ἡλῐ́κοι hēlíkoi	ἡλῐ́και hēlíkai	ἡλῐ́κᾰ hēlíka
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἡλῐ́κως hēlíkōs				ἡλῐκώτερος hēlikṓteros				ἡλῐκώτᾰτος hēlikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of ἡλῐ́κος; ἡλῐ́κη; ἡλῐ́κον (Attic)

See also

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις, ἔνιοι	†ὁ, οὗτος	ὅδε	ἐκεῖνος	ὅς	ὅστις	ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός	ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual	πότερος	πότερος, ποτερός				ὁπότερος
quality	ποῖος	ποιός	†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος	τοιόσδε		οἷος	ὁποῖος	ὅμοιος	ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity	πόσος	ποσός	†τόσος, τοσοῦτος	τοσόσδε		ὅσος	ὁπόσος
manner	πῶς	πως	†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως	ὧδε		ὡς	ὅπως	ὁμῶς	ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method, path, place	πῇ	πῃ	τῇ, ταύτῃ	τῇδε	ἐκείνῃ	ᾗ	ὅπῃ		ἄλλῃ
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθι	ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθεν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν	ἐνθένδε	ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα		†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
duration of time			τέως			ἕως
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τοσάκις			†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις	ὁποσάκις
multiplication	ποσαπλάσιος					ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order	πόστος	ποστός					ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

Ancient Greek correlatives ^(edit)

Further reading

• “ἡλίκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἡλίκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G2245 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • age idem, page 18.
  • old idem, page 572.
  • such idem, page 834.