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ἑλικοειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλικοειδής ἑλικοειδές

Structure: ἑλικοειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. of winding or spiral form

Examples

  • ὁμοίωσ καὶ τὴν σελήνην ἑλικοειδῆ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 144:3)
  • τούτων δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐπ’ εὐθείασ κεχάλκευται, τὰ δ’ ἑλικοειδῆ δι’ ὅλων ἀνάκλασιν ἔχει πρὸσ τὸ καὶ κατὰ τὴν πληγὴν μὴ μόνον τέμνειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ θραύειν τὰσ σάρκασ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀνακομιδὴν τοῦ δόρατοσ σπαράττειν τὸ τραῦμα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 30 4:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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