ἕλιξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- εἷλῐξ (heîlix) – Poetic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hé.liks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e.liks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.liks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.liks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.liks/
Noun
ἕλῐξ • (hélix) f (genitive ἕλῐκος); third declension
- Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.
- The tendril of a vine.
- The outer ear
- (mathematics) A spiral line.
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἕλῐξ; τῆς ἕλῐκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἕλῐξ hē hélix | τὼ ἕλῐκε tṑ hélike | αἱ ἕλῐκες hai hélikes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἕλῐκος tês hélikos | τοῖν ἑλῐ́κοιν toîn helíkoin | τῶν ἑλῐ́κων tôn helíkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἕλῐκῐ têi héliki | τοῖν ἑλῐ́κοιν toîn helíkoin | ταῖς ἕλῐξῐ / ἕλῐξῐν taîs hélixi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἕλῐκᾰ tḕn hélika | τὼ ἕλῐκε tṑ hélike | τᾱ̀ς ἕλῐκᾰς tā̀s hélikas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἕλῐξ hélix | ἕλῐκε hélike | ἕλῐκες hélikes | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ἕλῐξ; ἕλῐκος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἕλῐξ hélix | ἕλῐκε hélike | ἕλῐκες hélikes | ||||||||||
Genitive | ἕλῐκος hélikos | ἑλῐ́κοιῐν helíkoiin | ἑλῐ́κων helíkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | ἕλῐκῐ héliki | ἑλῐ́κοιῐν helíkoiin | ἕλῐξῐ / ἕλῐξῐν / ἑλῐ́κεσσῐ / ἑλῐ́κεσσῐν / ἑλῐ́κεσῐ / ἑλῐ́κεσῐν hélixi(n) / helíkessi(n) / helíkesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | ἕλῐκᾰ hélika | ἕλῐκε hélike | ἕλῐκᾰς hélikas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἕλῐξ hélix | ἕλῐκε hélike | ἕλῐκες hélikes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: έλικα (élika), → Greek: έλικας (élikas)
- → Latin: helix
- → Catalan: hèlix
- → Dutch: helix
- → English: helix
- → French: hélice
- → Galician: hélice
- → Italian: elica
- → Polish: helisa
- → Portuguese: hélice
- → Romanian: elice
- → Spanish: hélice
References
- “ἕλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἕλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἕλιξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἕλιξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕλιξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἕλιξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)