τηλίκος
From LSJ
κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], η, ον, Dor. τᾱλίκος,
A of such an age, so old or so young, answering to relat. ἡλίκος and interrog. πηλίκος (τηλικόσδε, τηλικοῦτος being used in Att.); used with relatives, πατρὸς . . τηλίκου ὥς περ ἐγών Il.24.487; so perh. παῖς τ., ὃν . . Od.18.175: c. inf., οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ σταθμοῖσι μένειν ἔτι τηλίκος εἰμί not so young as to stay at home, 17.20, cf. 1.297, 10.88; οὔ τοι τ. εἰμὶ μαθεῖν Thgn.578: Sup. -ώτατος,= πρεσβύτατος, Hsch. II so great, τὸν τ. AP7.2.9 (Antip. Sid.); ὄνομα ib.7.11.4 (Asclep.); φρύαγμα τὸ τ. ib.10.64.1 (Agath.). Adv. -κως Aristaenet.2.9 (s.v.l.).
