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ἡλίκος

helikos

as big as

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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