Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑλικτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλικτός ἑλικτή ἑλικτόν

Structure: ἑλικτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(li/ssw

Sense

  1. curved, twisted, wreathed, wheeled, moving quickly
  2. tortuous

Examples

  • Λοξίᾳ δ’ ἐγὼ χάριν πράσσων ἀδελφῷ πλεκτὸν ἐξάρασ κύτοσ ἤνεγκα, καὶ τὸν παῖδα κρηπίδων ἔπι τίθημι ναοῦ τοῦδ’, ἀναπτύξασ κύτοσ ἑλικτὸν ἀντίπηγοσ, ὡσ ὁρῷθ’ ὁ παῖσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:10)
  • εὔφημόν τοι σφαῖραν, ἐυκρόταλόν τε Φιλοκλῆσ Ἑρμείῃ ταύτην πυξινέην πλατάγην, ἀστραγάλασ θ’ αἷσ πόλλ’ ἐπεμήνατο, καὶ τὸν ἑλικτὸν ῥόμβον, κουροσύνησ παίγνι’ ἀνεκρέμασεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3091)

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

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