ἡλίκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yós, like the basic relative pronoun ὅς (hós), + the same suffix as Latin tālis (“such”) and quālis (“[such] as”) +‎ -κός (-kós, adjective suffix). Cf. ἧλιξ (hêlix)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.lí.kos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈli.kos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈli.kos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈli.kos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈli.kos/

Adjective

ἡλῐ́κος • (hēlíkos) m (feminine ἡλῐ́κη, neuter ἡλῐ́κον); first/second declension

(relative adjective) as big or great as, as old as
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 13:
  ἀλλ’ ἐφ’ οἷς ἀδικοῦντά μ’ ἑώρα τὴν πόλιν, οὖσί γε τηλικούτοις ἡλίκα νῦν ἐτραγῴδει καὶ διεξῄει, […]
  all’ eph’ hoîs adikoûntá m’ heṓra tḕn pólin, oûsí ge tēlikoútois hēlíka nûn etragṓidei kaì diexḗiei, […]
  But against whatever wrongs he saw me commit against the city, if they really are as great as he just now dramatized and recounted in detail, […]
(indirect interrogative adjective) how big; extraordinarily big or small
(exclamatory adjective) how big!

Inflection

First and second declension of ἡλῐ́κος; ἡλῐ́κη; ἡλῐ́κον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἡλῐ́κος hēlíkos	ἡλῐ́κη hēlíkē	ἡλῐ́κον hēlíkon	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κᾱ hēlíkā	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κοι hēlíkoi	ἡλῐ́και hēlíkai	ἡλῐ́κᾰ hēlíka
Genitive	ἡλῐ́κου hēlíkou	ἡλῐ́κης hēlíkēs	ἡλῐ́κου hēlíkou	ἡλῐ́κοιν hēlíkoin	ἡλῐ́καιν hēlíkain	ἡλῐ́κοιν hēlíkoin	ἡλῐ́κων hēlíkōn	ἡλῐ́κων hēlíkōn	ἡλῐ́κων hēlíkōn
Dative	ἡλῐ́κῳ hēlíkōi	ἡλῐ́κῃ hēlíkēi	ἡλῐ́κῳ hēlíkōi	ἡλῐ́κοιν hēlíkoin	ἡλῐ́καιν hēlíkain	ἡλῐ́κοιν hēlíkoin	ἡλῐ́κοις hēlíkois	ἡλῐ́καις hēlíkais	ἡλῐ́κοις hēlíkois
Accusative	ἡλῐ́κον hēlíkon	ἡλῐ́κην hēlíkēn	ἡλῐ́κον hēlíkon	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κᾱ hēlíkā	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κους hēlíkous	ἡλῐ́κᾱς hēlíkās	ἡλῐ́κᾰ hēlíka
Vocative	ἡλῐ́κε hēlíke	ἡλῐ́κη hēlíkē	ἡλῐ́κον hēlíkon	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κᾱ hēlíkā	ἡλῐ́κω hēlíkō	ἡλῐ́κοι hēlíkoi	ἡλῐ́και hēlíkai	ἡλῐ́κᾰ hēlíka
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἡλῐ́κως hēlíkōs			ἡλῐκώτερος hēlikṓteros			ἡλῐκώτᾰτος hēlikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις	†ὁ, οὗτος	ὅδε	ἐκεῖνος	ὅς	ὅστις	ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός	ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual	πότερος	πότερος, ποτερός				ὁπότερος
quality	ποῖος	ποιός	†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος	τοιόσδε		οἷος	ὁποῖος	ὅμοιος	ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity	πόσος	ποσός	†τόσος, τοσοῦτος	τοσόσδε		ὅσος	ὁπόσος
manner	πῶς	πως	†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως	ὧδε		ὡς	ὅπως	ὁμῶς	ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method, path place	πῇ	πῃ	τῇ, ταύτῃ	τῇδε	ἐκείνῃ	ᾗ	ὅπῃ		ἄλλῃ
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθί	ἐνταῦθα		ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθέν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν		ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ, ποτε	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα	πηνίκα	†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τόσακις			†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις	ὁποσάκις
multiplication	ποσαπλάσιος					ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order	πόστος	ποστός					ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.