Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἷλιξ ‎(heîlix) (Poetic)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /élixs/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /éliks/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /éliks/

Noun

ἕλιξ • ‎(hélix) f ‎(genitive ἕλικος); third declension

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

Inflection

Descendants

• Latin: helix
  • English: helix

References

• 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 (© 2006–2016)