ἕλιξ · helix — LSJ
twisted, curved, twisted, crumpled horns, rolling, tangled
twisted, curved: in Hom. and Hes., as in S. Aj. 374 (lyr.), Theoc. 25.127, epith. of oxen, commonly understood of their twisted, crumpled horns, cf. ἑλικτός I; also expld. of the movement of their bodies as they walk, rolling: freq. coupled with εἰλίπους, cf. Il. 12.293 and Sch. ad loc., etc.; ἕλιξ abs., = βοῦς, E. Ba. 1170 (lyr.): later of various objects, ποταμός Pi. ap. Sch.Il.Oxy. 221 ix 15; ἕλικα ἀνὰ χλόαν on the tangled grass, E. Hel. 180 (lyr., cf. sq. [ἕλιξ] III); δρόμος Nonn. D. 2.263;