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

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̂ː.liks/ → /ˈi.liks/ → /ˈi.liks/

• (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

1. of the same age
2. (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)

Further reading

• “ἧλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press