ἧλιξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἇλῐξ (hâlix) — 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 (hēlíkos, “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 • (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
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
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