ἡλίκος [ῐ], η, ον,
as big as, πόσος τις; μικρός, ἡλίκος Μόλων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τοσοῦτον ὕβρισεν, ἡλίκον..; [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.147; τηλικοῦτος, ἡ. οὐδείς πω βασιλεύς [prev. author] 1.9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 of age, as old as, ἄνδρα.. ἡλίκον Θουκυδίδην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 703 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖσιν ἡλίκοισι νῷν, ={τηλίκοις ἡλίκοι νώ}, [[ [prev. author] “Ec.” 465 ] Refs]; οἱ ἡλίκοι ἐγώ,= τηλίκοι ἡλίκοι ἐγώ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 180d: rare in Trag., ὁρᾷς μὲν ἡμᾶς, ἡλίκοι.. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] of what various ages.. , [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 in indirect questions, how big, how great, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 23.2, 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 18, etc.; ὁρῶν ἡ. ἐστὶ Φίλιππος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in expressions of wonder, θαυμάσι᾽ ἡλίκα extraordinarily great, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.24; θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον [prev. author] 24.122; μέγιστα ἡλίκα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, how small, ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει [[ NT.Jam.3.5; ἂν ἴδω γὰρ ἡλίκον ἰχθὺν ὅσου τιμῶσι 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 166.6, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5. ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__4 in exclamations, ἡλίκον λαλεῖς [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 40 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Compd. of yo-, relative pronoun stem (compare ὅς), and -āli- (compare ἧλιξ), with suffix -κο-; compare πηλίκος, τηλίκος.)