ἡλικία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">ἡλικίη</b>, Dor. ἁλικία, ἡ, (ἧλιξ) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">time of life, age</b>, ἤν πως ἡλικίην αἰδέσσεται ἠδ' ἐλεήσῃ γῆρας <span class="bibl">Il.22.419</span>; γηραιὸν μέρος ἁλικίας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.157</span>; παρὰ τὸν ἁλικίας ἐοικότα χρόνον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>4.29</span>; <b class="b3">τήνδ' ἡ. ἀστῶν</b>, i.e. their old [[age]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>914</span>: acc. used adverbially, <b class="b2">in age</b>, νέος ἡλικίην <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.134</span>; ἐτέων ἐὼν ἡλικίην πέντε καὶ τριήκοντα <span class="bibl">Id.1.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>2.3</span>: so in dat., ἡλικίᾳ ἔτι τότε ὢν νέος <span class="bibl">Th.5.43</span>; <b class="b3">προεληλυθότες ταῖς ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.1.4</span>; also <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ</b>. from our [[age]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>180d</span>; αἱ δι' ἡλικίαν ἄτοκοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>149c</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν τῇ αὐτῆ ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.1.80</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀχρεῖον τῆς ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.2.44</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν . . τοῦ γεννᾶν ἐκβῶσι τὴν ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>461b</span>; <b class="b3">πόρρω τῆς ἡ</b>. to an advanced [[age]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>484c</span>; <b class="b3">προήκων ἐς βαθὺ τῆς ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span>514</span>; <b class="b3">προϊούσης τῆς ἡ</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>279a</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ παρ' ἡλικίαν νοῦς</b> beyond <b class="b2">one's age</b>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>690</span>: in pl., <b class="b3">ἐν ἁπάσαις ταῖς ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>412e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 625b</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">prime of life, manhood</b>, ἐν ἁλικίᾳ πρώτᾳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.42</span>; αὐτὴ ἡ ἡ. τῶν νέων κατέκρινε <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.4.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἡλικίαν ἔχειν, εἰς ἡ. ἐλθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>306d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>142d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Men.</span>89b</span>; <b class="b3">ἡλικίην ἔχειν</b> c. inf., to be <b class="b2">of fit age</b> for doing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.209</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>146b</span>; ἡλικίας μετέχειν <span class="bibl">Th.7.60</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ</b> men <b class="b2">of military age</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.8.75</span>; ἐν ἡλικίᾳ στρατεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">D.4.7</span>; ἐστρατευμένος ἁπάσας τὰς ἐν ἡλικίᾳ στρατείας <span class="bibl">Id.21.95</span>; οἱ τῆς ἡ. ἐντὸς γεγονότες <span class="bibl">Lys.2.50</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡ</b>. maturity, <span class="bibl">Th.2.36</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).239.21 (Amorgos); of women, [[womanhood]], [[marriageable age]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.30</span>, <span class="bibl">D.59.22</span>; αἱ ἐν ἡ. γυναῖκες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>461b</span>; τὴν ἡλικίαν τὴν ἑαντοῦ καταμεμψάμενος <span class="bibl">Is.7.14</span>: in pl., οἱ ταῖς ἡ. οὐ καλῶς κεχρημένοι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.194</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">youthful passion</b>, ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπιτρέπειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.36</span>; εἴκειν <span class="bibl">Id.7.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[maidenhood]], τὴν ἡ. οὐ καλῶς διαφυλάξασαν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.182</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as collective Noun,= <b class="b3">οἱ ἥλικες</b>, <b class="b2">those of the same age, comrades</b>, ὃς ἡλικίην ἐκέκαστο ἔγχεϊ <span class="bibl">Il.16.808</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.74</span>; esp. <b class="b2">those of military age</b>, τῆς ἡ. ἀπούσης ἐν ταῖς ναυσί <span class="bibl">Lys.2.49</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.3.67</span>, <span class="bibl">8.1</span>, etc.; also, <b class="b2">men of any age</b>, <b class="b3">παίδων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πάσης ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>959e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[time]], <b class="b3">ταῦτα ἡλικίην ἂν εἴη κατὰ Λάϊον</b> about the [[time]] of Laius, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.59</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">60</span>, <span class="bibl">71</span>; ἡ. τετρακοσίοισι ἔτεσι . . πρεσβυτέρους <span class="bibl">Id.2.53</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[age]], [[generation]], <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς νῦν ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.167</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Din. 1.38</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὴν νῦν ζῶσαν ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.60.11</span>; <b class="b3">πολλαῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span> 27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.L.5.37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> of the body, [[stature]], as a sign of age, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>271b</span>, <span class="bibl">D.40.56</span>; τῇ ἡ. μικρός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>19.3</span> (but <b class="b3">προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡ. πῆχυν ἕνα</b> add a cubit to one's [[age]] (cf. [[πήχυιος]]), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>6.27</span>); <b class="b3">ἄνδρας ἡμισταδιαίους τὰς ἡ</b>. Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.40; [[height]] of a pillar, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Syr.D.</span>28</span>.</span>