1. ἕλϊνος · helinos — Beekes
The corpus record
ἕλῐνος
elinos
tendril, vine
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What it meant
ἕλϊνος [m., [1] ‘tendril, vine’ (Hell.). < PG(v)> eVAR ἐλενοί: κλήματα τὰ τῶν ἀμπέλων ‘twigs of vines’ (H.). *ETYM The word has been connected with ἕλιξ, ἕλμις, ἑλένη, etc. and mciAéw 2 ‘turn, wind’, from an t-stem; cf. γέλιν (= F-) ὁρμιάν ‘fishing line of horse hair’ (H.). However, the interchange e/ rather points to a Pre-Greek word. — [Beekes, s.v. ἕλϊνος, p. 458]
2. ἕλινος · helinos — Chantraine
ἕλινος : m. « vrille de vigne » (Philet. ap. EM 330,39); au f. «vigne» {Nic., Opp.). Composés : ἑλινό-τροπος, -pépoc (tardifs). Doublet : ἑλενοί “ χλήματα τὰ τῶν ἀμπέλων (Hsch.) mais Latte corrige en ἑλινοί [sic]. “-ὦ 889 .-- ἕλκω Et.: Thème apparenté au présent εἰλέω 3 «tourner », etc. Un thème en -i- est fourni par la glose γέλιν (—F-) * ὁρμιάν (Hsch.). — [Chantraine, s.v. ἕλινος, p. 352]
3. ἕλῐνος · helinos — LSJ
vine-tendril
vine-tendril, Philet. ap. EM 330.39.
2 the vine
fem., the vine, Nic. Al. 181, Opp. C. 4.262, D.P. 1157. [Later ἕλινος prob. in Nonn. D. 12.299.]
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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