ἑλικ-τός
(or εἱλ-), ή, όν, rolled, twisted, wreathed, βοῦς κεράεσσιν ἑλικτάς [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 192 ] Refs]; δράκων S [[ “Tr.” 12, compare “Paean Delphicus [2nd c.BC]” 19; κισσός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 652 codices (Lyric poetry); στέφανος 4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus 7; βόστρυχος 4th c.BC: Theodectes Tragicus 6.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλῖμαξ ἑ. winding staircase, [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἑ. κύτος a wheeled ark, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἱλικτὸν κρούειν πόδα, of dancers [[compare (ἑλίσσω 1.3), [prev. author] “El.” 180 (Lyric poetry); σῦριγξ περὶ χεῖλος ἑλικτά 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.129 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἑλικτά, of insects that can roll or double themselves up, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 682b24, 692a2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative ἑλικτότερος [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, tortuous, not straightforward, ἑλικτὰ κοὐδὲν ὑγιές [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 448 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; obscure, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1466. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]