ἡλίκος
helikos
as big as
Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἡλίκος [ῐ], η, ον, A. as big as, πόσος τις; μικρός, ἡλίκος Μόλων Ra. 55; τί τοσοῦτον ὕβρισεν, ἡλίκον . . ; 21.147; τηλικοῦτος, ἡ. οὐδείς πω βασιλεύς 1.9. 2. of age, as old as, ἄνδρα . . ἡλίκον Θουκυδίδην Ach. 703; τοῖσιν ἡλίκοισι νῷν, = τηλίκοις ἡλίκοι νώ, Ec. 465; οἱ ἡλίκοι ἐγώ,= τηλίκοι ἡλίκοι ἐγώ, La. 180d: rare in Trag., ὁρᾷς μὲν ἡμᾶς, ἡλίκοι . . of what various ages . . , OT 15. 3. in indirect questions, how big, how great, Char. 23.2, 18, etc.; ὁρῶν ἡ. ἐστὶ Φίλιππος 6.6, cf. Chrm. 154b; freq. in expressions of wonder, θαυμάσιʼ ἡλίκα extraordinarily great, 19.24; θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον 24.122; μέγιστα ἡλίκα Merc.Cond. 13; also, how small, ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει Ep.Jac. 3.5; ἂν ἴδω γὰρ ἡλίκον ἰχθὺν ὅσου τιμῶσι 166.6, cf. Herm. 5. 4. in exclamations, ἡλίκον λαλεῖς Sam. 40. (Compd. of yo-, relat. Pron. stem (cf. ὅς), and -āli- (cf. ἧλιξ), with suffix -κο-; cf. πηλίκος, τηλίκος.)
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