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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

  • Σαμαΐ ὁ Ἀρουδαῖος, Ἐλικὰ ὁ Ἀρωδαῖος, (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 23:25)
  • φέρομεν ἐξ ὀρέων ἕλικα νεότομον ἐπὶ μέλαθρα, μακάριον θήραν. (Euripides, choral, strophe 12)
  • οπεος ἕλικα νεότομον ἐπὶ μέλαθρα, μακάριον θήραμα. (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 3 2:1)
  • παραδίδωσιν τῆς δὲ μαινομένης Ἀγαύης ἀκούεις ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους τὰ φίλτατ ἠγνοηκυίας, ἄγομεν ἐξ ὄρεος ἕλικα νεότομον ἐπὶ μέλαθρα, μακάριον θήραμα. (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 3 5:1)
  • αἵ θ ὑπωρόφιοι κατὰ γωνίας εἱειειειλίσσετε δακτύλοις φάλαγγες ἱστόπονα πηνίσματα, κερκίδος ἀοιδοῦ μελέτας, ἵν ὁ φίλαυλος ἔπαλλε δελφὶς πρῴραις κυανεμβόλοις μαντεῖα καὶ σταδίους, οἰνάνθας γάνος ἀμπέλου, βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, lyric2)

Synonyms

  1. Anything twisted

  2. The tendril of a vine

  3. The outer ear

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