ἕλιξ,
poetry εἷλιξ, ῐκος, ἡ, (ἑλίσσω)
__B anything which assumes a spiral shape: once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, γναμπτάς θ᾽ ἕλικας] Refs 8th c.BC+], of armlets or ear-rings, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.401 (compare ἑλικτήρ),compare “hymnus ad Venerem” 87, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 840b20:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —afterwards in various relations:
__B.II whirl, convolution, ἕλικες στεροπῆς flashes of forked lightning, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1083 (_anapaest meter_) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of circular or spiral motion, αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 998a5; ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 97c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; wreath of smoke, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.438. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.III tendril of the vine, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.18.2; βοσκὰς εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1331 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον the clustering grape, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1321 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 tendril of ivy, [[ [prev. author] “Th.” 1000 ] Refs]; also, ivy. Hedera Helix, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.18.6, 7.8.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 curl or lock of hair, [[ Anthologia Graeca 10.19 (1st c.AD: Apollonides Epigrammaticus), 12.10 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), “Anacreontea” 16.6. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]