ἕλιξ - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• εἷλῐξ (heîlĭx) — poetic

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”).

ἕλῐξ • (hélĭx) f (genitive ἕλῐκος); third declension

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

• Greek: έλικα (élika), → Greek: έλικας (élikas)
• → Latin: helix
  • → Catalan: hèlix
  • → Dutch: helix
  • → English: helix
  • → French: hélice
  • → Galician: hélice
  • → Italian: elica
  • → Polish: helisa
  • → Portuguese: hélice
  • → Romanian: elice
  • → Spanish: hélice

• “ἕλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἕλιξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἕλιξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕλιξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἕλιξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

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