ἧλιξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἇλῐξ (hâlĭx) — Doric, Aeolic

Etymology

From an earlier *σϝᾱλιξ (*swālix), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂-lik- (“as old”), from *swé (“self”) and perhaps *h₂el- (“to grow”) + the same suffix found in ἡλῐ́κος (hēlĭ́kos, “as big as”). For the semantics, compare ἔτης (étēs, “clansman, private person”), Sanskrit स्वक (svaka, “relative, friend”),^[1] and Latin sodālis (“companion, comrade”). See also Latin aequālis (“equal”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̂ː.liks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.liks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liks/

Adjective

ἧλῐξ • (hêlĭx) m or f (neuter —); third declension

of the same age
(substantive) fellow, comrade

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ἧλῐξ; τοῦ, τῆς ἥλῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ἧλῐξ ho, hē hêlĭx	τὼ ἥλῐκε tṑ hḗlĭke	οἱ, αἱ ἥλῐκες hoi, hai hḗlĭkes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ἥλῐκος toû, tês hḗlĭkos	τοῖν ἡλῐ́κοιν toîn hēlĭ́koin	τῶν ἡλῐ́κων tôn hēlĭ́kōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ἥλῐκῐ tōî, tēî hḗlĭkĭ	τοῖν ἡλῐ́κοιν toîn hēlĭ́koin	τοῖς, ταῖς ἥλῐξῐ / ἥλῐξῐν toîs, taîs hḗlĭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ἥλῐκᾰ tòn, tḕn hḗlĭkă	τὼ ἥλῐκε tṑ hḗlĭke	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἥλῐκᾰς toùs, tā̀s hḗlĭkăs
Vocative	ἧλῐξ hêlĭx	ἥλῐκε hḗlĭke	ἥλῐκες hḗlĭkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὁμῆλιξ (homêlix)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἧλῐξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 515-6