τρι-έλικτος,
ον,(
ἑλίσσω)
A). thrice coiled, ὄφις Orac. ap.
Hdt. 6.77 ;
Μαιάνδρου τ. ὕδωρ AP 6.110 (
Leon. or
Mnasalc.);
τ. ἰχνοπέδαν a noose
of three threads, ib.
109 (Antip.);
τ. νῆμα (of the Fates) ib.
7.14 (Antip. Sid.);
τ. θώρακες, of three 'crow's-nests' (cf.
θωράκια Moschio ap.
Ath. 5.208e ),
App.Anth. 3.82.9 (Archimelus).