ἕλιξ

ἕλιξ (A), ῐκος, ὁ, ἡ, as Adj.,

A twisted, curved: in Hom. and Hes., as in S.Aj.374 (lyr.), Theoc.25.127, epith. of oxen, commonly understood of their twisted, crumpled horns, cf.

ἑλικτός 1

; also expld. of the movement of their bodies as they walk, rolling: freq. coupled with εἰλίπους, cf. Il.12.293 and Sch. ad loc., etc.; ἕλιξ abs.,= βοῦς, E.Ba. 1170 (lyr.): later of various objects,

ποταμός Pi.

ap. Sch.Il.Oxy.221 ix 15; ἕλικα ἀνὰ χλόαν on the tangled grass, E.Hel.180 (lyr., cf. sq. 111);

δρόμος Nonn.D.2.263

;

σειρή Tryph.322

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ἕλιξ (B), poet. [full] εἷλιξ, ῐκος, ἡ, ([etym.] ἑλίσσω)

A anything which assumes a spiral shape: once in Hom., γναμπτάς θ' ἕλικας, of armlets or ear-rings, Il.18.401 (cf. ἑλικτήρ), cf. h.Ven.87, Arist.Mir.840b20:—afterwards in various relations:

II whirl, convolution, ἕλικες στεροπῆς flashes of forked lightning, A.Pr.1083 (anap.); of circular or spiral motion,

αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Arist.Metaph.998a5

;

ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν Ti.Locr.97c

; wreath of smoke, A.R.1.438.

III tendril of the vine, Thphr.CP2.18.2;

βοσκὰς εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων E.Hel.1331

(lyr.); βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον the clustering grape, Ar.Ra. 1321 (lyr.).

2 tendril of ivy, Id.Th.1000; also, ivy. Hedera Helix, Thphr.HP3.18.6,7.8.1.

3 curl or lock of hair, AP10.19 (Apollonid.), 12.10 (Strat.), Anacreont.16.6.

4 coil of a serpent, E.HF399(lyr.): pl.,feelers of the polypus, AP9.14 (Antiphil. Byz.).

5 volute on the capital of a column, Callix.1, Vitr.4.1.12.

IV convolution of a spiral shell (cf.

ἑλίκη 11

), Arist.HA547b11: pl., convolutions of the bowels, Id.PA 675b24: sg., colon, ib.675b20; also of the ear, Id.de An.420a13, Ruf. Onom.44.

V spiral running round a staff, Ael.VH9.11, Ath. 12.543f; on a child's ball, A.R.3.139; spiral strip folded round the scytale, Plu.Lys.19.

2 Geom., spiral, Epicur.Ep.2p.40U., Hermesian. 7.86; περὶ ἑλίκων, title of work by Archim.; also,= κύκλος, Hsch.

b of planets' orbit, Eudox.Ars5.3, Theo Sm.p.201 H.; but also of the sun's and moon's orbits, Eudox.Ars9.2.

3 helix, screw-windlass, employed in launching ships, invented by Archimedes, Moschioap.Ath.5.207b.

4 treadmill used to raise water, Ph.1.410.

VI pl., involved sentences, D.H.Th.48.

VII Adj. winding,

ὁ ῥοῦς φέρεται ἕλικα πορείαν Dion.Byz.3

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