ἡλικία

See also: ηλικία

Ancient Greek

From ἧλιξ (hêlix) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

ἡλῐκίᾱ • (hēlĭkíā) f (genitive ἡλῐκίᾱς); first declension

First declension of ἡ ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱ hē hēlĭkĭ́ā	τὼ ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱ tṑ hēlĭkĭ́ā	αἱ ἡλῐκῐ́αι hai hēlĭkĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱς tês hēlĭkĭ́ās	τοῖν ἡλῐκῐ́αιν toîn hēlĭkĭ́ain	τῶν ἡλῐκῐῶν tôn hēlĭkĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἡλῐκῐ́ᾳ tēî hēlĭkĭ́āi	τοῖν ἡλῐκῐ́αιν toîn hēlĭkĭ́ain	ταῖς ἡλῐκῐ́αις taîs hēlĭkĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱν tḕn hēlĭkĭ́ān	τὼ ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱ tṑ hēlĭkĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hēlĭkĭ́ās
Vocative	ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱ hēlĭkĭ́ā	ἡλῐκῐ́ᾱ hēlĭkĭ́ā	ἡλῐκῐ́αι hēlĭkĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

80 CE – 90 CE, The Gospel of Luke 19:3:
καὶ ἐζήτει ἰδεῖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν τίς ἐστι, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου, ὅτι τῇ ἡλικίᾳ μικρὸς ἦν.
kaì ezḗtei ideîn tòn Iēsoûn tís esti, kaì ouk ēdúnato apò toû ókhlou, hóti tēî hēlikíāi mikròs ên.
- Translation by KJV
  And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
50 CE – 100 CE, Epistle to the Hebrews 11:11:
πίστει καὶ αὐτὴ Σάρρα δύναμιν εἰς καταβολὴν σπέρματος ἔλαβε, καὶ παρὰ καιρὸν ἡλικίας ἔτεκεν, ἐπεὶ πιστὸν ἡγήσατο τὸν ἐπαγγειλάμενον·
pístei kaì autḕ Sárrha dúnamin eis katabolḕn spérmatos élabe, kaì parà kairòn hēlikías éteken, epeì pistòn hēgḗsato tòn epangeilámenon;
- Translation by KJV
  Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.