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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *yós, like the basic relative pronoun ὅς (hós), + the same suffix as Latin tālis (“such”) and quālis (“ as”) + -κός (-kós, adjective suffix). Cf. ἧλιξ (hêlix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛː.lí.kos/ → /iˈli.kos/ → /iˈli.kos/
Adjective
ἡλῐ́κος • (hēlíkos) m (feminine ἡλῐ́κη, neuter ἡλῐ́κον); first/second declension
- (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,
- (indirect interrogative adjective) how big; extraordinarily big or small
- (exclamatory adjective) how big!
Inflection
See also
type |
interrogative |
indefinite |
(medial) demonstrative |
proximal demonstrative |
distal demonstrative |
relative |
indefinite relative |
identity |
other
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basic
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τίς |
τις, ἔνιοι |
†ὁ, οὗτος |
ὅδε |
ἐκεῖνος |
ὅς |
ὅστις |
ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός |
ἕτερος, ἄλλος
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dual
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πότερος |
πότερος, ποτερός |
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ὁπότερος |
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quality
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ποῖος |
ποιός |
†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος |
τοιόσδε |
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οἷος |
ὁποῖος |
ὅμοιος |
ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
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quantity
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πόσος |
ποσός |
†τόσος, τοσοῦτος |
τοσόσδε |
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ὅσος |
ὁπόσος |
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manner
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πῶς |
πως |
†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως |
ὧδε |
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ὡς |
ὅπως |
ὁμῶς |
ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
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method, path, place
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πῇ |
πῃ |
τῇ, ταύτῃ |
τῇδε |
ἐκείνῃ |
ᾗ |
ὅπῃ |
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ἄλλῃ
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place
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ποῦ, †πόθι |
που, †ποθι |
ἐνταῦθα |
ἐνθάδε |
ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι |
οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι |
ὅπου, †ὁπόθι |
αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ |
ἄλλοθι
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source
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πόθεν |
ποθεν |
†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν |
ἐνθένδε |
ἐκεῖθεν |
ὅθεν |
ὁπόθεν |
†ὁμόθεν |
ἄλλοθεν
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destination
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ποῖ, †πόσε |
ποι |
ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα |
ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο |
ἐκεῖσε |
οἷ |
ὅποι, †ὁπόσε |
αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε |
ἄλλοσε
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time
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πότε, πῆμος |
ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε |
τότε, τῆμος |
τημόσδε |
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ὅτε, ἦμος |
ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος |
ἅμα |
ἄλλοτε
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exact time
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πηνίκα |
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†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα |
τηνικάδε |
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ἡνίκα |
ὁπηνίκα |
αὐτίκα |
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duration of time
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τέως |
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ἕως |
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size, age
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πηλίκος |
πηλίκος |
†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος |
τηλικόσδε |
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ἡλίκος |
ὁπηλίκος |
ὁμῆλιξ |
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repetition
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ποσάκις, ποσίνδα |
ποσάκις |
τουτάκις, τοσάκις |
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†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις |
ὁποσάκις |
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multiplication
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ποσαπλάσιος |
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ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων |
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order
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πόστος |
ποστός |
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ὁπόστος |
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† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.
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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.