ἡλίκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], η, ον</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[as big as]], πόσος τις; μικρός, ἡλίκος Μόλων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 55</span>; <b class="b3">τί τοσοῦτον ὕβρισεν, ἡλίκον . .</b>; <span class="bibl">D.21.147</span>; τηλικοῦτος, ἡ. οὐδείς πω βασιλεύς <span class="bibl">Id.1.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of age, [[as old as]], ἄνδρα . . ἡλίκον Θουκυδίδην <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>703</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖσιν ἡλίκοισι νῷν</b>, = [[τηλίκοις ἡλίκοι νώ]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span>465</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἡλίκοι</b> <b class="b3">ἐγώ</b>,= <b class="b3">τηλίκοι ἡλίκοι ἐγώ</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>180d</span>: rare in Trag., <b class="b3">ὁρᾷς μὲν ἡμᾶς, ἡλίκοι . .</b> <b class="b2">of what various ages . .</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in indirect questions, [[how big]], [[how great]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>23.2</span>, Crates Theb.18, etc.; ὁρῶν ἡ. ἐστὶ Φίλιππος <span class="bibl">D.6.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>154b</span>; freq. in expressions of wonder, <b class="b3">θαυμάσι' ἡλίκα</b> [[extraordinarily great]], <span class="bibl">D.19.24</span>; θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον <span class="bibl">Id.24.122</span>; μέγιστα ἡλίκα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>13</span>; also, [[how small]], ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Jac.</span>3.5</span>; ἂν ἴδω γὰρ ἡλίκον ἰχθὺν ὅσου τιμῶσι <span class="bibl">Antiph.166.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in exclamations, ἡλίκον λαλεῖς <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>40</span>. (Compd. of <b class="b2">yo-</b>, relat. Pron. stem (cf. [[ὅς]]), and <b class="b2">-āli-</b> (cf. [[ἧλιξ]]), with suffix <b class="b3">-κο-</b>; cf. <b class="b3">πηλίκος, τηλίκος</b>.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[as old]], [[as big]], relatives and indir. interrogative pron. (IA.).<br />Other forms: Dor. <b class="b3">ἁλ-</b> (TheoC.)<br />Derivatives: Beside it the demonstrative <b class="b3">τηλίκος</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">ταλ-</b> [[thus old]], [[thus big]] (Il.) with <b class="b3">τηλικόσδε</b>, <b class="b3">τηλικοῦτος</b> (Att.) and the interrogative <b class="b3">πηλίκος</b> <b class="b2">how old?, how big?</b> (IA).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [645] <b class="b2">*kʷeh₂-li-</b> <b class="b2">how (big)?</b><br />Etymology: From the relative stem <b class="b3">ὁ-</b>, ἁ- (s. 1. <b class="b3">ὅς</b>) and a suffixal (<b class="b3">α)λικ-</b>; further s. [[πηλίκος]] and <b class="b3">τηλίκος</b>. A parallel formation is OCS <b class="b2">je-likъ</b> <b class="b2">(tantus) quantus</b>. Cf. also zu [[ἧλιξ]].