ἕλιξ(A),ῐκος,ὁ,ἡ, asAdj.,
A. twisted, curved: in Hom. and Hes. , as in S. Aj. 374 (lyr.), Theoc. 25.127 , epith. of oxen, commonly understood of theirtwisted, crumpled horns, cf. ἑλικτός
1
; also expld. of the movement of their bodies as they walk,rolling: freq. coupled withεἰλίπους, cf. Il. 12.293 and Sch. ad loc., etc.;ἕλιξabs.,=βοῦς, E. Ba. 1170 (lyr.): later of various objects, ποταμός
Pi.
ap. Sch. Il. Oxy. 221 ix 15 ;ἕλικα ἀνὰ χλόανon thetangledgrass, E. Hel. 180 (lyr., cf. sq. 111 ); δρόμος
Nonn. D. 2.263
; σειρή
Tryph. 322
.