The corpus record

ἑλικ-τός

eliktos

rolled, twisted, wreathed

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Where it lives

Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k

What it meant

ἑλικ-τός · helik-tos — LSJ

rolled, twisted, wreathed, winding, wheeled, that can roll, double themselves up

rolled, twisted, wreathed, βοῦς κεράεσσιν ἑλικτάς h.Merc. 192; δράκων S. Tr. 12, cf. Pae.Delph. 19; κισσός E. Ph. 652 codd. (lyr.); στέφανος Chaerem. 7; βόστρυχος Theodect. 6.4; κλῖμαξ ἑ. winding staircase, Callix. 1; ἑ. κύτος a wheeled ark, E. Ion 40; εἱλικτὸν κρούειν πόδα, of dancers (cf. ἑλίσσω I.3), Id. El. 180 (lyr.); σῦριγξ περὶ χεῖλος ἑλικτά Theoc. 1.129; ἑλικτά, of insects that can roll or double themselves up, Arist. PA 682b24, 692a2: Comp. ἑλικτότερος Hsch.

II tortuous, not straightforward, obscure

metaph., tortuous, not straightforward, ἑλικτὰ κοὐδὲν ὑγιές E. Andr. 448; obscure, Lyc. 1466.

In the wild

ἑλικτὸν · helikton Euripides, Ion *(ermh=s (DIORISIS sentence 12)
ἑλικτά · helikta Septuaginta, Leviticus 6
ἑλικτὴ · heliktē Septuaginta, Regnorum III 6
ἑλικτός · heliktos Sophocles, Trachiniae 9–12

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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