ἕλιξ

ἕλιξ
ἕλιξ, -κος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: `convolution, volute, tendril, curl, spiral' (Il.); also as adjective of βόες, et alia (ποταμός, δρόμος), s. below.
Compounds: As 1. member in ἑλίκ-ωψ (s. v.), ἑλικ-άμπυξ (Pi.), ἑλικο-στέφανος (B.) a. o., also, referring to ἑλίσσω, ἑλι- in ἑλί-τροχος `turning a wheel' (A. Th. 205 [lyr.]); on ἑλίχρυσος s. v. As 2. member in τετρα-έλιξ kind of thistle (Thphr., H.), also in ἀμφι-έλισσα, ep. adj. of νηῦς (Hom.), later also of other things (e. g. ἱμάσθλη), prop `forming a ἕλιξ on both sides'.
Derivatives: ἑλίκη 1. `willow' s. v.; 2. `spiral, turning' (Arist.), also name of the Great Bear (because of its turning movement; cf. Scherer Gestirnnamen 133but not as adjective); 3. εἱλικόεις `with turnings' (Nic., Opp.; metr. lengthened). Denomin. verb ἑλίσσω, -ίττω, Ion. also εἰλίσσω after εἰλέω (not with Solmsen Unt. 230ff. from *ἐ-Ϝελίσσω), aor. ἑλίξαι, εἰλίξαι `make a turning, wind, turn' (Il.); also with prefix ἐν-, περι- etc.; from there ἑλιγμός (εἰ-) `turning, whirl' (Hdt.), ἕλιγμα (εἴ-) `bracelet, curl' (Sapph. [?], Com. ), ἕλιξις `turned binding, turning' (medic.), ἑλικτήρ `ear-pendant' (Att.), -ελίκτης in compounds like ἱμαντ-ελίκται `turner of straps' (Democr.), s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 244; ἑλίγδην (εἰ-) adv. `turning itself'. Cf. (2.) ἐλελίζω.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Formation as ἧλιξ, χόλιξ, δέλφιξ a. o. (Chantr. Form. 382f.), so prob. from a noun, which was perh. derived from εἰλέω (*Ϝελ-νέ-ω) `turn, wind' (s. v.). - The ep. epithet ἕλιξ is prob. with Bechtel Lex. s. v. and Risch 149 a shortened compound (*ἑλικό-πους, -κραιρα?). Note that the suffix -ικ- mostly makes Pre-Greek words (like -υκ-, cf. on κῆρυξ).
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