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  "headword": "ἕλιξ",
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          "definition": "<i>anything which assumes a spiral shape</i>: once in Hom., γναμπτάς θʼ ἕλικας, of <i>armlets</i> or <i>ear-rings,</i> Il. 18.401 (cf. ἑλικτήρ), cf. h.Ven. 87, Arist. Mir. 840b20:—afterwards in various relations:",
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            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>whirl, convolution,</i> ἕλικες στεροπῆς <i>flashes of forked</i> lightning, A. Pr. 1083 (anap.); of <i>circular</i> or <i>spiral motion,</i> αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Arist. Metaph. 998a5; ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν Ti.Locr. 97c; <i>wreath</i> of smoke, A.R. 1.438.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ",
                    "ref": "Arist. Metaph. 998a5",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43258",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν",
                    "ref": "Ti.Locr. 97c",
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                }
              ],
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>tendril of the vine,</i> Thphr. CP 2.18.2; βοσκὰς εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων E. Hel. 1331 (lyr.); βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον the <i>clustering</i> grape, Ar. Ra. 1321 (lyr.).",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-43259",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "βοσκὰς εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων",
                    "ref": "E. Hel. 1331",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc2:1331"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>tendril</i> of ivy, Id. Th. 1000; also, <i>ivy, Hedera Helix,</i> Thphr. HP 3.18.6, 7.8.1.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>curl</i> or <i>lock of hair,</i> AP 10.19 ( Apollonid.), 12.10 ( Strat.), Anacreont. 16.6.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n33723-0-0-1-1",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>coil</i> of a serpent, E. HF 399 (lyr.): pl., <i>feelers</i> of the polypus, AP 9.14 ( Antiphil. Byz.).",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n33723-0-0-1-2",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>volute</i> on the capital of a column, Callix. 1, Vitr. 4.1.12.",
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                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>convolution</i> of a spiral shell (cf. ἑλίκη II), Arist. HA 547b11: pl., <i>convolutions</i> of the bowels, Id. PA 675b24: sg., <i>colon,</i> ib. 675b20; also of the ear, Id. de An. 420a13, Ruf. Onom. 44.",
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              "citations": [],
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            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>spiral</i> running round a staff, Ael. VH 9.11, Ath. 12.543f; on a childʼs ball, A.R. 3.139; <i>spiral strip</i> folded round the scytale, Plu. Lys. 19.",
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              "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>spiral,</i> Epicur. Ep. 2p.40U., Hermesian. 7.86; περὶ ἑλίκων, title of work by Archim.; also, = κύκλος, Hsch.",
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                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>orbit,</i> Eudox. Ars 5.3, Theo Sm. p.201 H.; but also of the sunʼs and moonʼs <i>orbits,</i> Eudox. Ars 9.2.",
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>helix, screw-windlass,</i> employed in launching ships, invented by Archimedes, Moschio ap. Ath. 5.207b.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n33723-0-0-3-1",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>treadmill used to raise water,</i> Ph. 1.410.",
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                  "citations": [],
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "<i>involved sentences,</i> D.H. Th. 48.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "VII",
              "definition": "Adj. <i>winding,</i> ὁ ῥοῦς φέρεται ἕλικα πορείαν Dion.Byz. 3.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὁ ῥοῦς φέρεται ἕλικα πορείαν",
                    "ref": "Dion.Byz. 3",
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