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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡλικία (hēlikía), from ἧλιξ (hêlix, “of same age”), genitive ἥλικ(ος) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.liˈci.a/
- Hyphenation: η‧λι‧κί‧α
Noun
ηλικία • (ilikía) f (plural ηλικίες)
- age
Είμαι ηλικίας δεκάξι χρόνων- Eímai ilikías dekáxi chrónon
- Ι am sixteen years of age
Είμαι σε ηλικία που …- Eímai se ilikía pou …
- I am of an age where …
Declension
- ανήλικος (anílikos, “underage, minor”, adjective)
- ενήλικας m (enílikas), ενήλικος (enílikos, adjective)
- ενηλικιώνομαι (enilikiónomai, “to come of age”) & related words
- ηλικιακά (ilikiaká, adverb)
- ηλικιακός (ilikiakós)
- ηλικιωμένος (ilikioménos, “elderly”)
- ηλικιωμένη f (ilikioméni, “elderly woman”)
- ηλικιωμένος m (ilikioménos, “elderly man”)
- ηλικιώνομαι (ilikiónomai)
- μεσήλικας m (mesílikas, “middle aged”), μεσήλικος (mesílikos, adjective)
- ομήλικος (omílikos, “of same age”, adjective)
- συνηλικιώτης m (synilikiótis, “of same age”) (formal)
- συνομήλικος (synomílikos, “of same age”, adjective)
- υπερήλικας m (yperílikas, “very old”), υπερήλικος (yperílikos, adjective)
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