hjlivba±to" , Dor. ajlivb- , on , high, steep, precipitous, epith. of rocky crags, Hom. , Hes. , etc. ; of the throne of Zeus, Ar.
2.
in Od. 9. 24
hjlivbato" pevtrh
, it seems to mean
enormous, huge.
II.
=
Lat.
altus
, deep, profound,
Hes
.,
Eur.
(Deriv. uncertain.)
h[liqa
h[liØqa , Adv. ( a{li" ) enough, sufficiently, Lat. satis , lhi;" h[liqa pollhv Il.; duvh h[liqa pollhv Od., etc.
hjliqiavzw
hjliØqiavzw , to speak or act idly, foolishly, Ar. From hjlivqio"
hjlivqio"
hjlivqio" , Dor. ajlivq- , a, on , ( h[liqa ) idle, vain, random, Pind ., Aesch.
II. of persons, stupid, foolish, silly, like mavtaio" , Hdt. , Ar. , etc. Adv. -ivw" , Plat. ; neut. hjlivqion as Adv. , Ar. Hence hjliqiovth"
hjliqiovth"
hjliØqiovth" , hto", hJ , folly, silliness, Plat .; and hjliqiovw
hjliqiovw
hjliØqiovw , f. wvsw , to make foolish, distract, craze, Aesch.
hJlikiva
hJliØkiva , Ion. -ivh , Dor. aJlikiva , hJ , ( h|lix ) time of life, age, Lat. aetas , Il.;— acc. used absol. in age, nevo" hJlikivhn Hdt .; so in dat. , hJlikiva/ w]n nevo" Thuc .; povrrw th`" hJl . advanced in years, Plat.
2.
mostly,
the flower
or
prime of life
from about 17 to 45,
mans estate, manhood,
ejn aJlikiva/ prwvta/
Pind.
;
ejn hJlikiva/ ei\nai
to be of age,
Plat.
,
etc.
; so,
hJlikivan e[cein, eij" hJl. ejlqei`n
Id.;
hJlikivan e[cein
,
c. inf
., to be
of fit age
for doing,
Hdt.
;
oiJ ejn hJlikiva/
men
of serviceable age,
Thuc.
3.
youthful heat and passion,
hJlikivh/ ejpitrevpein
Hdt.
II.
as collective Noun, =
oiJ h{like"
,
those of the same age, fellows, comrades,
Il.,
Thuc.
III.
time,
tau`ta hJlikivhn a]n ei[h kata; Lavi>on
about the
time
of Laius,
Hdt.
2.
an age, generation,
Lat.
saeculum
,
Dem
.,
etc.
IV.
of the body,
stature, growth,
as a sign of age,
Hdt.
,
Plat.
hJlikiwvth"
hJliØkiwvth" , ou, oJ , an equal in age, fellow, comrade, Lat. aequalis , Hdt ., Ar. , etc. :— fem. hJlikiw`ti" , ido" , Luc. ; hJl. iJstoriva contemporary history, Plut.
hJlivko"
hJlivko" »iØ1/4, h, on , as big as, Lat. quantus , Ar ., Dem.
2.
of age,
as old as,
Ar
.,
etc.
3.
in expressions of wonder,
qaumavsia hJlivka
extraordinarily great,
as in
Lat.
mirum quantum
,
Dem.
From
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