ἡλῐκί-α,
Ionic dialect ἡλικίη,
Doric dialect ἁλικία, ἡ, (ἧλιξ)
time of life, age, ἤν πως ἡλικίην αἰδέσσεται ἠδ᾽ ἐλεήσῃ γῆρας [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τήνδ᾽ ἡ. ἀστῶν, i.e. their old
age, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
accusative used adverbially,
in age, νέος ἡλικίην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in
dative, ἡλικίᾳ ἔτι τότε ὢν νέος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; προεληλυθότες ταῖς ἡ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. from our
age, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν τῇ αὐτῆ ἡ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἀχρεῖον τῆς ἡ. [
Refs]; ὅταν. τοῦ γεννᾶν ἐκβῶσι τὴν ἡ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω τῆς ἡ. to an advanced
age, [
Refs]; προήκων ἐς βαθὺ τῆς ἡ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; προϊούσης τῆς ἡ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ παρ᾽ ἡλικίαν νοῦς beyond
one's age, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
prime of life, manhood, ἐν ἁλικίᾳ πρώτᾳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν, εἰς ἡ. ἐλθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίην ἔχειν with
infinitive, to be
of fit age for doing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ men
of military age, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡ. maturity, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of women,
womanhood, marriageable age, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
youthful passion, ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπιτρέπειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
maidenhood, τὴν ἡ. οὐ καλῶς διαφυλάξασαν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II) as collective Noun,= οἱ ἥλικες,
those of the same age, comrades, ὃς ἡλικίην ἐκέκαστο ἔγχεϊ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially
those of military age, τῆς ἡ. ἀπούσης ἐν ταῖς ναυσί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
men of any age, παίδων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πάσης ἡ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
time, ταῦτα ἡλικίην ἂν εἴη κατὰ Λάϊον about the
time of Laius, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV)
age, generation, ἐπὶ τῆς νῦν ἡ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἡ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν νῦν ζῶσαν ἡ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολλαῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡ. [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
V) of the body,
stature, as a sign of age, [
NT+5th c.BC+] add a cubit to one's
age (compare πήχυιος), [
NT]; ἄνδρας ἡμισταδιαίους τὰς ἡ. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
height of a pillar, [
Refs]