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ἡλικία

elikia · ἡ

time of life, age

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Where it lives

  • De Insomniis 3 · 12.57/10k
  • Machabaeorum IV 9 · 11.67/10k
  • Apology 2 · 10/10k
  • Parmenides 14 · 9.24/10k
  • De Memoria et Reminiscentia 2 · 8.32/10k
  • De Somno et Vigilia 2 · 6.73/10k
  • Laches 5 · 6.52/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 3 · 6.17/10k
  • Machabaeorum II 7 · 6.06/10k
  • Charmides 5 · 6.02/10k
  • Politics 36 · 5.51/10k
  • Athenian Constitution 8 · 4.91/10k

Densest 12 of 63 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

time of life, age, age, in age, age, age, oneʼs age

time of life, age, ἤν πως ἡλικίην αἰδέσσεται ἠδʼ ἐλεήσῃ γῆρας Il. 22.419; γηραιὸν μέρος ἁλικίας Pi. P. 4.157; παρὰ τὸν ἁλικίας ἐοικότα χρόνον Id. O. 4.29; τήνδʼ ἡ. ἀστῶν, i.e. their old age, A. Pers. 914: acc. used adverbially, in age, νέος ἡλικίην Hdt. 3.134; ἐτέων ἐὼν ἡλικίην πέντε καὶ τριήκοντα Id. 1.26, cf. X. Cyn. 2.3: so in dat., ἡλικίᾳ ἔτι τότε ὢν νέος Th. 5.43; προεληλυθότες ταῖς ἡ. X. HG 6.1.4; also ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. from our age, Pl. La. 180d; αἱ διʼ ἡλικίαν ἄτοκοι Id. Tht. 149c; οἱ ἐν τῇ αὐτ

2 prime of life, manhood, of fit age, of military age, womanhood, marriageable age

prime of life, manhood, ἐν ἁλικίᾳ πρώτᾳ Pi. N. 9.42; αὐτὴ ἡ ἡ. τῶν νέων κατέκρινε Antipho 4.4.2; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν, εἰς ἡ. ἐλθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι, Pl. Euthd. 306d, Tht. 142d, Men. 89b; ἡλικίην ἔχειν c. inf., to be of fit age for doing, Hdt. 1.209, cf. Pl. Tht. 146b; ἡλικίας μετέχειν Th. 7.60; οἱ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ men of military age, Id. 8.75; ἐν ἡλικίᾳ στρατεύεσθαι D. 4.7; ἐστρατευμένος ἁπάσας τὰς ἐν ἡλικίᾳ στρατείας Id. 21.95; οἱ τῆς ἡ. ἐντὸς γεγονότες Lys. 2.50; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡ. maturity, Th. 2.36, cf. IG

3 youthful passion

youthful passion, ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπιτρέπειν Hdt. 3.36; εἴκειν Id. 7.18.

4 maidenhood

maidenhood, τὴν ἡ. οὐ καλῶς διαφυλάξασαν Aeschin. 1.182.

II those of the same age, comrades, those of military age, men of any age

as collective Noun, = οἱ ἥλικες, those of the same age, comrades, ὃς ἡλικίην ἐκέκαστο ἔγχεϊ Il. 16.808, cf. Pi. P. 1.74; esp. those of military age, τῆς ἡ. ἀπούσης ἐν ταῖς ναυσί Lys. 2.49, cf. Th. 3.67, 8.1, etc.; also, men of any age, παίδων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πάσης ἡ. Pl. Lg. 959e.

III time, time

time, ταῦτα ἡλικίην ἂν εἴη κατὰ Λάϊον about the time of Laius, Hdt. 5.59, cf. 60, 71; ἡ. τετρακοσίοισι ἔτεσι . . πρεσβυτέρους Id. 2.53.

IV age, generation

age, generation, ἐπὶ τῆς νῦν ἡ. Isoc. 4.167; πρὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἡ. Din. 1.38; εἰς τὴν νῦν ζῶσαν ἡ. D. 60.11; πολλαῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡ. Plu. Per. 27, cf. D.L. 5.37.

V stature, age, height

of the body, stature, as a sign of age, Hdt. 3.16, Pl. Euthd. 271b, D. 40.56; τῇ ἡ. μικρός Ev.Luc. 19.3 (but προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡ. πῆχυν ἕνα add a cubit to oneʼs age (cf. πήχυιος), Ev.Matt. 6.27); ἄνδρας ἡμισταδιαίους τὰς ἡ. Luc. VH 1.40; height of a pillar, Id. Syr.D. 28.

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