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