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ἕλιξ?

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 수학 Transliteration: helix

Principal Part: ἕλιξ ἕλικος

Structure: ἑλικ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ἑλίσσω

Sense

  1. Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.
  2. The tendril of a vine.
  3. The outer ear
  4. (mathematics) A spiral line.

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἕλιξ ἕλικε ἕλικες
Genitive ἕλικος ἑλίκοιν ἑλίκων
Dative ἕλικι ἑλίκοιν ἕλιξι(ν)
Accusative ἕλικα ἕλικε ἕλικας
Vocative ἕλιξ ἕλικε ἕλικες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ Φαινίας δὲ ἐν α περὶ φυτῶν τὰ δὲ οὐδὲ φύει τὴν ἀνθήλην οὐδὲ τῆς σπερματικῆς ἴχνος κορυνήσεως οὐδὲ σπερματώσεως, οἱο῀ν μύκης, ὕδνον, πτέρις, ἕλιξ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52103)
  • ἕλιξ δ ἐπιδέδρομε πάσαις κυανέη. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 3:25)
  • ἁ δὲ κατ αὐτὸν καρπῷ ἕλιξ εἱλεῖται ἀγαλλομένα κροκόεντι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 18)
  • πλόκαμος γὰρ ἕλιξ ἐπιδέδρομεν ὤμοις ἀμφοτέροις: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 56:2)
  • καὶ τριτάτην θάμβησα πάλιν χρυσῆν Ἀφροδίτην, φάρεϊ κόλπον ἔχουσαν ἐπίσκιον ἀμφὶ δὲ μαζοῖς κεστὸς ἕλιξ κεχάλαστο, χάρις δ ἐνενήχετο κεστῷ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 57:3)

Synonyms

  1. Anything twisted

  2. The tendril of a vine

  3. The outer ear

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