ἧλιξ

helix

of the same age

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book IX 2
Chapter ?

879e6
880b3
Philebus 1
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15e6
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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464e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἧλιξ, Dor. ἇλιξ, Aeol. ἆλιξ Sapph. 119, ῐκος, ὁ, ἡ:—A. of the same age, καταίθουσα παιδὸς . . δαλὸν ἥλικʼ, of Meleagerʼs torch, A. Ch. 608; δρῦς A.R. 2.479; Πηλῆος . . ἥ. χαίτην Tryph. 637: mostly in pl., βόες . . ἥλικες ἰσοφόροι Od. 18.373; ἅλικες οἷα παρθένοι Pi. P. 3.17; ὦνδρες ἥ. Ar. V. 245; ὑφʼ ἡλίκων νεανίδων Id. Th. 1030(lyr.); ἐν ἅλικι χρόνῳ in equal time, B. 7.45. 2. Subst., fellow, comrade, οἱ ἥλικες Hdt. 1.34, 2.32; ἥλικές θʼ ἥβης ἐμῆς A. Pers. 681; τὸν ἥλικα τόνδε Ar. Ach. 336 codd. (sed leg. ὁμήλικα) μετὰ τῶν ἡ. Antipho 3.2.3; prov., ἧλιξ ἥλικα τέρπει Pl. Phdr. 240c, cf. Arist. EN 1161b34. (Fr. ϝᾶλιξ, cf. βαλικιώτης: compd. of swo- ‘oneʼs own’ (cf. ϝός, Lat. suus) and -āli- ‘size’, ‘growth’ (cf. Lat. alo, aequ-āli-s, Gr. ὁμ-ᾶλι-ξ), with suffix -κ-.)

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