ἕλιξ
Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem
수학
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἕλιξ
ἕλικος
Structure:
ἑλικ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.
- The tendril of a vine.
- The outer ear
- (mathematics) A spiral line.
Declension
Third declension
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.
- δεσμεύων πρὸσ ἄμπελον τὸν πῶλον αὐτοῦ καὶ τῇ ἕλικι τὸν πῶλον τῆσ ὄνου αὐτοῦ. πλυνεῖ ἐν οἴνῳ τὴν στολὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν αἵματι σταφυλῆσ τὴν περιβολὴν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:11)
- κύκλῳ δὲ περὶ σὲ κισσὸσ εὐπέταλοσ ἕλικι θάλλει. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 32)
- ἔνθα πέριξ κέχυται βοτρυόπαισ ἕλικι ἄμπελοσ, εἰαρινοὶ δὲ λιγυφθόγγοισιν ἀοιδαῖσ κόσσυφοι ἀχεῦσιν ποικιλότραυλα μέλη. (Theocritus, Idylls3)
- ἑρ́κοσ δ’ εὐίερον περιδέδρομεν ἀέναον δὲ ῥεῖθρον ἀπὸ σπιλάδων πάντοσε τηλεθάει δάφναισ καὶ μύρτοισι καὶ εὐώδει κυπαρίσσῳ, ἔνθα πέριξ κέχυται βοτρυόπαισ ἕλικι ἄμπελοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 437 1:1)
- κἀν τούτῳ Φασάηλοσ καθ’ ἑαυτὸν Ἕλικοσ περιγενόμενοσ Ὑρκανὸν ὠνείδιζεν εἰσ ἀχαριστίαν ὧν τε Ἕλικι συμπράξειεν, καὶ ὅτι περιορῴη τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν Μαλίχου τὰ φρούρια καταλαμβάνοντα· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 340:1)
Synonyms
-
Anything twisted
- λυγισμός (a bending, twisting, the windings and twistings)
-
The tendril of a vine
-
The outer ear
