1. ἑλίκη · helikē — Beekes
The corpus record
Ἑλίκη
elike
1 [f
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Where it lives
- Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
- De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
- Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
- Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
2. ἑλίκη · helikē — Chantraine
3. ἑλίκη · helikē — Chantraine
4. ἑλίκη · helikē — Frisk
5. ἑλίκη · helikē — Frisk
6. ἑλῐκ-η · helik-ē — LSJ
winding: hence,
the constellation of the Great Bear, from its revolving round the pole, Arat. 37, A.R. 3.1195.
convolution of a spiral shell, Arist. HA 524b12, PA 680a22, al.; of the bowels, ib. 682a15; of the ear, Id. GA 781b15.
in Arcadia, crack willow, Salix fragilis, from its pliant nature, Thphr. HP 3.13.7.
In the wild
- Ἑλίκην · Helikēn Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 104)
- Ἑλίκῃ · Helikēi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2368)
- Ἑλίκη · Helikē Herodotus, Histories 1.145.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1051)
- Ἑλίκη · Helikē Shield of Heracles 380–381
- Ἑλίκην · Helikēn Shield of Heracles 472–474
- Ἑλίκην · Helikēn Iliad 2.575
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Ἑλίκη (scan p. 457; entry #2014). Root candidates: *syel-, *sel-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Ἑλίκη (scan p. 352; entry #2429). Root candidates: *swel-, *sel-.
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Ἑλίκη (scan p. 526; entry #1855).
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