ἡλικία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἡλικίη]], Dor. [[ἁλικία]], ἡ, ([[ἧλιξ]]) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[time of life]], [[age]], 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>; τήνδ' ἡ. ἀστῶν, i.e. their old [[age]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>914</span>: acc. used adverbially, [[in age]], 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>; προεληλυθότες ταῖς ἡ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.1.4</span>; also [[ὑπὸ τῆς ἡλικίας]] 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>; οἱ ἐν τῇ αὐτῆ ἡ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.80</span>; τὸ ἀχρεῖον τῆς ἡλικίας <span class="bibl">Id.2.44</span>; [[ὅταν]] . . τοῦ γεννᾶν ἐκβῶσι τὴν ἡ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>461b</span>; [[πόρρω τῆς ἡλικίας]] = [[to an advanced age]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>484c</span>; [[προήκων]] ἐς βαθὺ τῆς ἡλικίας <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span>514</span>; προϊούσης τῆς ἡλικίας, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>279a</span>; [[ὁ παρ' ἡλικίαν νοῦς]] = [[beyond one's age]], <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>690</span>: in pl., [[ἐν ἁπάσαις ταῖς ἡ]]. <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> [[prime of life]], [[manhood]], 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>; ἡλικίαν [[ἔχειν]], εἰς ἡλικίαν [[ἐλθεῖν]], [[ἀφικέσθαι]], <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>; ἡλικίην [[ἔχειν]] c. inf., to be of [[fit]] [[age]] 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>; [[οἱ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ]] = men of [[military]] [[age]], <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>; [[ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡλικία]] = [[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> [[youthful]] [[passion]], 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,= [[οἱ ἥλικες]], those of the [[same]] [[age]], [[comrade]]s, 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. [[those]] of [[military]] [[age]], 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, [[men of any age]], παίδων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πάσης ἡλικίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>959e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[time]], [[ταῦτα ἡλικίην ἂν εἴη κατὰ Λάϊον]] 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]], ἐπὶ τῆς νῦν ἡ. <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.167</span>; πρὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἡ. <span class="bibl">Din. 1.38</span>; εἰς τὴν νῦν ζῶσαν ἡ. <span class="bibl">D.60.11</span>; πολλαῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡ. <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 [[προσθεῖναι]] ἐπὶ τὴν ἡ. πῆχυν [[ἕνα]] [[add]] a [[cubit]] to one's [[age]] (cf. [[πήχυιος]]), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>6.27</span>); ἄνδρας ἡμισταδιαίους τὰς ἡ. 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>