ἡλίκος
πάλιν δ' ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον → he took back his speech, he retracted his speech, he altered his speech
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], η, ον,
A as big as, πόσος τις; μικρός, ἡλίκος Μόλων Ar.Ra. 55; τί τοσοῦτον ὕβρισεν, ἡλίκον . .; D.21.147; τηλικοῦτος, ἡ. οὐδείς πω βασιλεύς Id.1.9. 2 of age, as old as, ἄνδρα . . ἡλίκον Θουκυδίδην Ar. Ach.703; τοῖσιν ἡλίκοισι νῷν, = τηλίκοις ἡλίκοι νώ, Id.Ec.465; οἱ ἡλίκοι ἐγώ,= τηλίκοι ἡλίκοι ἐγώ, Pl.La.180d: rare in Trag., ὁρᾷς μὲν ἡμᾶς, ἡλίκοι . . of what various ages . ., S.OT15. 3 in indirect questions, how big, how great, Thphr.Char.23.2, Crates Theb.18, etc.; ὁρῶν ἡ. ἐστὶ Φίλιππος D.6.6, cf. Pl.Chrm.154b; freq. in expressions of wonder, θαυμάσι' ἡλίκα extraordinarily great, D.19.24; θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον Id.24.122; μέγιστα ἡλίκα Luc.Merc.Cond.13; also, how small, ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει Ep.Jac.3.5; ἂν ἴδω γὰρ ἡλίκον ἰχθὺν ὅσου τιμῶσι Antiph.166.6, cf. Luc.Herm.5. 4 in exclamations, ἡλίκον λαλεῖς Men.Sam.40. (Compd. of yo-, relat. Pron. stem (cf. ὅς), and -āli- (cf. ἧλιξ), with suffix -κο-; cf. πηλίκος, τηλίκος.)
