I.time of life, age, Lat. aetas, Il.;—acc. used absol. in age, νέος ἡλικίην Hdt.; so in dat., ἡλικίᾳ ὢν νέος Thuc.; πόρρω τῆς ἡλ. advanced in years, Plat.
2.mostly, the flower or prime of life from about 17 to 45, man's estate, manhood, ἐν ἁλικίᾳ πρώτᾳ Pind.; ἐν ἡλικίᾳ εἶναι to be of age, Plat., etc.; so, ἡλικίαν ἔχειν, εἰς ἡλ. ἐλθεῖν id=Plat.; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν, c. inf., to be of fit age for doing, Hdt.; οἱ ἐν ἡλικίᾳ men of serviceable age, Thuc.
3.youthful heat and passion, ἡλικίῃ ἐπιτρέπειν Hdt.
2.an age, generation, Lat. saeculum, Dem., etc.
IV.of the body, stature, growth, as a sign of age, Hdt., Plat.