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ἕλιξ1
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ἕλις
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ἕλιξ2
ἕλιξ (B), poet. εἷλιξ, ῐκος, ἡ,(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. CP 2.18.2 ; 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. HP 3.18.6 , 7.8.1 .
3). curl or lock of hair, AP 10.19 ( Apollonid.), 12.10 ( Strat.), Anacreont. 16.6 .
4). coil of a serpent, E. HF 399 (lyr.): pl.,feelers of the polypus, AP 9.14 ( 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. HA 547b11 : 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. VH 9.11 , 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. Ars 5.3 , Theo Sm. p.201 H.; but also of the sun's and moon's orbits, Eudox. Ars 9.2 .
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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twisted, curved
anything which assumes a spiral shape

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἕλιξ</span> (B), poet. <span class="orth greek">εἷλιξ</span>, <span class="itype greek">ῐκος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">ἑλίσσω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything which assumes a spiral shape</span>: once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">γναμπτάς θ’ ἕλικας</span>, of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">armlets</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ear-rings</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:401" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.401/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.401 </a> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἑλικτήρ</span>), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg005.perseus-grc1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg005.perseus-grc1:87/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Ven.</span> 87 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg027:840b:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg027:840b.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mir.</span> 840b20 </a>:—afterwards in various relations: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">whirl, convolution</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἕλικες στεροπῆς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flashes of forked</span> lightning, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1083" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1083/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1083 </a> (anap.); of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">circular</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spiral motion</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:998a:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:998a.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 998a5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001:97c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001:97c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ti.Locr.</span> 97c </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wreath</span> of smoke, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:438" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.438/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.438 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tendril of the vine</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:2:18:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:2:18:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 2.18.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βοσκὰς εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1331" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1331/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1331 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clustering</span> grape, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1321" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1321/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1321 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tendril</span> of ivy, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1000" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1000/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 1000 </a>; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ivy. Hedera Helix</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:18:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:18:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 3.18.6 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:7:8:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:7:8:1/canonical-url/"> 7.8.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">curl</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lock of hair,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 10.19 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollonid.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0124.tlg001:12:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0124.tlg001:12.10/canonical-url/"> 12.10 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Strat.</span></span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Anacreont.</span> 16.6 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">coil</span> of a serpent, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:399" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:399/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 399 </a>(lyr.): pl.,<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feelers</span> of the polypus, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.14 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiphil.</span> </span> Byz.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">volute</span> on the capital of a column, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Callix.</span> 1 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vitr.</span> 4.1.12 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">convolution</span> of a spiral shell (cf. <span class="quote greek">ἑλίκη</span> <span class="bibl"> 11 </span> ), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:547b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:547b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 547b11 </a>: pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">convolutions</span> of the bowels, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:675b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:675b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 675b24 </a>: sg., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">colon</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:675b:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:675b.20/canonical-url/"> 675b20 </a>; also of the ear, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:420a:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:420a.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">de An.</span> 420a13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Onom.</span> 44 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spiral</span> running round a staff, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:9:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:9.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VH</span> 9.11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:543f" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12.543f/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 12.543f </a>; on a child\'s ball, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.139 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spiral strip</span> folded round the scytale, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 19 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Geom., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spiral</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:2p.40U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:2p.40U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2p.40U. </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0213.tlg001:7:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0213.tlg001:7.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermesian.</span> 7.86 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ ἑλίκων</span>, title of work by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archim.</span></span>; also,= <span class="foreign greek">κύκλος</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of planets\' <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">orbit</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1358.tlg003:5:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1358.tlg003:5.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eudox.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ars</span> 5.3 </a>, Theo Sm.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1358.tlg003:p.201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1358.tlg003:p.201/canonical-url/"> p.201 </a> H.; but also of the sun\'s and moon\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">orbits</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1358.tlg003:9:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1358.tlg003:9.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eudox.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ars</span> 9.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">helix, screw-windlass</span>, employed in launching ships, invented by Archimedes, Moschioap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:207b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.207b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 5.207b </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">treadmill used to raise water</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1:410" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1.410/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 1.410 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">involved sentences</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg010:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg010:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 48 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VII).</strong></span> Adj. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">winding</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὁ ῥοῦς φέρεται ἕλικα πορείαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0083.tlg003:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0083.tlg003:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dion.Byz.</span> 3 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}