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ἕλιξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 수학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕλιξ ἕλικος

Structure: ἑλικ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e(li/ssw

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

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

  • Σαμαί̈ 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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