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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

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

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἕλιξ	έ̔λικε	έ̔λικες
Genitive	έ̔λικος	ἑλίκοιν	ἑλίκων
Dative	έ̔λικι	ἑλίκοιν	έ̔λιξιν*
Accusative	έ̔λικα	έ̔λικε	έ̔λικας
Vocative	έ̔λιξ	έ̔λικε	έ̔λικες

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

κυανέη μὲν ὕπερθεν ἀναθρώσκουσα θάλασσα οὐρανὸν ὀρφναίων ἑλίκων ἐζώσατο δεσμῷ εἶθαρ ἀμιχθαλόεντοσ ἀπ’ ἠέροσ ὄμβρον ἱεῖσα, ἐκλύσθη δέ τε πόντοσ ἐρεσσομένων ἐρετάων. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1107)
ποίμναισ δ’ οὐχ ἱεί θαλερὰσ βοσκὰσ εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων, πόλεων δ’ ἀπέλειπε βίοσ· (Euripides, Helen, choral, antistrophe 14)
οἱή μὲν Σάμιον μανίη κατέδησε Θεανοῦσ Πυθαγόρην, ἑλίκων κομψὰ γεωμετρίησ ι εὑρόμενον, καὶ κύκλον ὅσον περιβάλλεται αἰθὴρ βαιῇ ἐνὶ σφαίρῃ πάντ’ ἀπομασσόμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 71 11:1)
ἔστι δὲ ὄνομα μὲν Ἑλίκων, τὸ δὲ γένοσ ἐκ Κυζίκου, μαθητὴσ δὲ Εὐδόξου καὶ περὶ πάντα τὰ ἐκείνου πάνυ χαριέντωσ ἔχων· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 13 5:6)
ἑλίκων ὁ Κυζικηνόσ εἷσ τῶν Πλάτωνοσ συνήθων ἡλίου προεῖπεν ἔκλειψιν καὶ γενομένησ ὡσ προεῖπε, θαυμασθεὶσ ὑπὸ τοῦ τυράννου δωρεὰν ἔλαβεν ἀργυρίου τάλαντον. (Plutarch, Dion, chapter 19 4:2)
ἄγ’, οἳ μὲν Ἑλικῶν’, οἳ δὲ Παρνασοῦ πτυχὰσ τέμνειν ἄνωχθ’ ἐλθόντεσ ὑλουργοὺσ δρυὸσ κορμούσ· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:13)
καὶ ἦν Ἑλικὼν υἱὸσ Ἀκεσᾶ, ὥσ φησιν Ιἑρώνυμοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 30 1:3)
ἐν Πυθοῖ γοῦν ἐπί τινοσ ἔργου ἐπιγέγραπται τεῦξ’ Ἑλικὼν Ἀκεσᾶ Σαλαμίνιοσ, ᾧ ἐνὶ χερσὶ πότνια θεσπεσίην Παλλὰσ ἔπνευσε χάριν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 30 1:4)

Synonyms

Anything twisted
- λυγισμός (a bending, twisting, the windings and twistings)
The tendril of a vine
- πλοχμός (the tendrils)
- ἄμπελος (vine)
- οἰνάς (the vine)
- οἴνη (the vine)
The outer ear
- ἄρτημα (earring.)
- οὖας (ear.)
- οὖς (ear)

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ἕλιξ

Sense

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Anything twisted

The tendril of a vine

The outer ear

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ἕλιξ

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

Anything twisted

The tendril of a vine

The outer ear

Similar forms

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