From an earlier *σϝᾱλιξ (*swālix), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂-lik- (“as old”), from *swé (“self”) and perhaps *h₂el- (“to grow”) + the same suffix found in ἡλῐ́κος (hēlíkos, “as big as”). For the semantics, compare ἔτης (étēs, “clansman, private person”), Sanskrit स्वक (svaka, “relative, friend”),[1] and Latin sodālis (“companion, comrade”). See also Latin aequālis (“equal”).
ἧλῐξ • (hêlix) m or f (neuter —); third declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ἧλῐξ ho, hē hêlix |
τὼ ἥλῐκε tṑ hḗlike |
οἱ, αἱ ἥλῐκες hoi, hai hḗlikes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ἥλῐκος toû, tês hḗlikos |
τοῖν ἡλῐ́κοιν toîn hēlíkoin |
τῶν ἡλῐ́κων tôn hēlíkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ ἥλῐκῐ tôi, têi hḗliki |
τοῖν ἡλῐ́κοιν toîn hēlíkoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς ἥλῐξῐ / ἥλῐξῐν toîs, taîs hḗlixi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ἥλῐκᾰ tòn, tḕn hḗlika |
τὼ ἥλῐκε tṑ hḗlike |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἥλῐκᾰς toùs, tā̀s hḗlikas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἧλῐξ hêlix |
ἥλῐκε hḗlike |
ἥλῐκες hḗlikes | ||||||||||
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