ἧλιξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἇλῐξ (hâlix) – Doric, Aeolic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”) and perhaps *h₂el- (“to grow”). Compare Latin sodālis. See also ἡλῐ́κος (hēlíkos) and Latin aequālis.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛ̂ː.liks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.liks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.liks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.liks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.liks/
Adjective
ἧλῐξ • (hêlix) 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 | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ἧλῐξ ho, hē hêlix | τὼ ἥλῐκε tṑ hḗlike | οἱ, αἱ ἥλῐκες hoi, hai hḗlikes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ἥλῐκος toû, tês hḗlikos | τοῖν ἡλῐ́κοιν toîn hēlíkoin | τῶν ἡλῐ́κων tôn hēlíkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ ἥλῐκῐ tôi, têi hḗliki | τοῖν ἡλῐ́κοιν toîn hēlíkoin | τοῖς, ταῖς ἥλῐξῐ / ἥλῐξῐν toîs, taîs hḗlixi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ἥλῐκᾰ tòn, tḕn hḗlika | τὼ ἥλῐκε tṑ hḗlike | τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἥλῐκᾰς toùs, tā̀s hḗlikas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἧλῐξ hêlix | ἥλῐκε hḗlike | ἥλῐκες hḗlikes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὁμῆλιξ (homêlix)
Further reading
- “ἧλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press