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                    "description": "<b>ικος (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ῐκ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> spirale, <i>particul. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> zigzag d’un éclair, ESCHL. <i>Pr. 1083 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> zigzag de la fumée, A.RH. <i>1, 438 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> orbe <i>ou<\/i> replis tortueux d’un serpent, EUR. <i>H.f. 399 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> évolution circulaire des astres, T. LOCR. <i>97<\/i> c ; <i>ou<\/i> mouvement circulaire du ciel, ARSTT. <i>Metaph. 2, 2, 27 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> tout objet en spirale :<br\/><b>      1<\/b> <i>objets naturels<\/i> (spirale d’un coquillage, ARSTT. <i>H.A. 5, 13, 13 ;<\/i> replis des intestins, ARSTT. <i>P.A. 3, 14, 23, etc. ;<\/i> replis de l’oreille, ARSTT. <i>An. 2, 8, 9 ;<\/i> boucle de cheveux, ANACR. <i>16, 7 ;<\/i> LUC. <i>Am. 26 ;<\/i> poils frisés des cheveux <i>ou<\/i> de la barbe, ANTH. <i>10, 19 ; 12, 10 ;<\/i> tentacules du poulpe, ANTH. <i>9, 14 ;<\/i> vrille de la vigne <i>ou<\/i> sarment, TH. <i>C.P. 2, 18, 2 ;<\/i> sorte de lierre, EUR. <i>Bacch. 1171 ;<\/i> TH. <i>H.P. 3, 18, 6<\/i>) ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>objets travaillés en spirale<\/i> (bracelets, HH. <i>Ven. 87 ;<\/i> pendants d’oreille, IL. <i>18, 401 ;<\/i> collier, ARSTT. <i>Mir. 110 ;<\/i> spirale d’un bâton, EL. <i>V.H. 9, 11 ;<\/i> ATH. <i>543<\/i> c) ; <i>particul<\/i>. spirale de la scytale lacédémonienne, PLUT. <i>Lys. 19 ;<\/i> volute <i>ou<\/i> spirale du chapiteau d’une colonne, ATH. <i>206<\/i> b ; toute machine en forme de spirale, <i>càd<\/i>. hélice <i>proprement dite,<\/i> HERMÉSIAN. (ATH. <i>599<\/i> a) ; poulie, MOSCHION HIST. (ATH. <i>207<\/i> a) ; sorte de machine hydraulique, PHIL. <i>1, 410 ;<\/i> vis, ATHÉNÉE MÉC. ; <i>fig<\/i>. période arrondie, <i>t. de rhét<\/i>. DH. <i>Thuc. 48<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ἕλιξ¹.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "<b>ικος (ὁ, ἡ) :<br\/>      1<\/b> roulé en spirale, <i>en parl. d’une boucle de cheveux,<\/i> CHRIST. <i>Ecphr. 284 ; d’une corde,<\/i> TRIPHIOD. <i>322 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>p. suite,<\/i> qui décrit un mouvement circulaire, une courbe, NONN. <i>D. 2, 263 ; particul. ép. des bœufs, à cause du mouvement tortueux de leurs jambes (sel. d’autres, à cause de leurs cornes recourbées, cf<\/i>. ἑλικτός ; <i>ou sel. d’autres,<\/i> noir), IL. <i>15, 633 ;<\/i> OD. <i>1, 92 ;<\/i> SOPH. <i>Aj. 375 ;<\/i> THCR. <i>Idyl. 25, 127<\/i> (noir, <i>sel. Fritzsche, cf<\/i>. HSCH.).<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>cf. p.-ê<\/i>. εἰλέω « tourner » ; <i>autrement p.-ê. pré-grec<\/i>.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "poet. εἷλιξ, ικος, ἡ, (&lt; ἑλίσσω) <b>anything which assumes a spiral shape<\/b>; once in Hom., γναμπτάς θ’ ἕλικας, of <b>armlets<\/b> or <b>ear-rings<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 18.401 (cf. ἑλικτήρ), cf. <i>h.Ven.<\/i> 87, Arist. <i>Mir.<\/i> 840b20; — afterwards in various relations; <b>whirl, convolution<\/b>, ἕλικες στεροπῆς <b>flashes of forked<\/b> lightning, A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 1083 (anap.); of <b>circular<\/b> or <b>spiral motion<\/b>, αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Arist. <i>Metaph.<\/i> 998a5; ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν Ti.Locr. 97c; <b>wreath<\/b> of smoke, A.R. 1.438.<br\/><b>tendril of the vine<\/b>, Thphr. <i>CP<\/i> 2.18.2; βοσκὰς εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων E. <i>Hel.<\/i> 1331 (lyr.); βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον the <b>clustering<\/b> grape, Ar. <i>Ra.<\/i> 1321 (lyr.).<br\/><b>tendril<\/b> of ivy, Id. <i>Th.<\/i> 1000; also, <b>ivy. Hedera Helix<\/b>, Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 3.18.6, 7.8.1.<br\/><b>curl<\/b> or <b>lock of hair<\/b>, <i>AP<\/i> 10.19 (Apollonid.), 12.10 (Strat.), Anacreont. 16.6.<br\/><b>coil<\/b> of a serpent, E. <i>HF<\/i> 399 (lyr.); pl., <b>feelers<\/b> of the polypus, <i>AP<\/i> 9.14 (Antiphil.Byz.).<br\/><b>volute<\/b> on the capital of a column, Callix. 1, Vitr. 4.1.12.<br\/><b>convolution<\/b> of a spiral shell (cf. ἑλίκη II), Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 547b11; pl., <b>convolutions<\/b> of the bowels, Id. <i>PA<\/i> 675b24; sg., <b>colon<\/b>, <i>ib.<\/i> 675b20; also of the ear, Id. <i>de An.<\/i> 420a13, Ruf. <i>Onom.<\/i> 44.<br\/><b>spiral<\/b> running round a staff, Ael. <i>VH<\/i> 9.11, Ath. 12.543f; on a child΄s ball, A.R. 3.139; <b>spiral strip<\/b> folded round the scytale, Plu. <i>Lys.<\/i> 19. Geom., <b>spiral<\/b>, Epicur. Ep. 2 p. 40U., Hermesian. 7.86; περὶ ἑλίκων, title of work by Archim. ; also, = κύκλος, Hsch. of planets’ <b>orbit<\/b>, Eudox. <i>Ars<\/i> 5.3, Theo Sm. p. 201 H. ; but also of the sun΄s and moon΄s <b>orbits<\/b>, Eudox. <i>Ars<\/i> 9.2.<br\/><b>helix, screw-windlass<\/b>, employed in launching ships, invented by Archimedes, Moschio ap. Ath. 5.207b.<br\/><b>treadmill used to raise water<\/b>, Ph. 1.410. pl., <b>involved sentences<\/b>, D.H. <i>Th.<\/i> 48. <i>Adj.<\/i> <b>winding<\/b>, ὁ ῥοῦς φέρεται ἕλικα πορείαν Dion.Byz. 3."
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ικος, ὁ, ἡ, as <i>Adj.<\/i>, <b>twisted, curved<\/b>; in Hom. and Hes., as in S. <i>Aj.<\/i> 374 (lyr.), Theoc. 25.127, epith. of oxen, commonly understood of their <b>twisted, crumpled horns<\/b>, cf. ἑλικτός 1; also expld. of the movement of their bodies as they walk, <b>rolling<\/b>; freq. coupled with εἰλίπους, cf. <i>Il.<\/i> 12.293 and <i>Sch. ad loc.<\/i>, etc. ; ἕλιξ abs., = βοῦς, E. <i>Ba.<\/i> 1170 (lyr.); later of various objects, ποταμός Pi. ap. <i>Sch. Il.<\/i> Oxy. 221 ix 15; ἕλικα ἀνὰ χλόαν on the <b>tangled<\/b> grass, E. <i>Hel.<\/i> 180 (lyr., cf. ἕλιξ² III); δρόμος Nonn. <i>D.<\/i> 2.263; σειρή Tryph. 322."
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                    "description": "ικος, ἡ, <i>das Gewundene, Gezackte, der Zickzack<\/i> des Blitzes, Aesch. <i>Prom<\/i>. 1085 ; <i>Armbänder u. Ohrringe, Il<\/i>. 18.401 ; <i>h.Ven<\/i>. 87 ; vgl. ἑλικτήρ ; <i>Halsband<\/i>, Arist. <i>Mirab<\/i>. 110 ; <i>Windungen<\/i> des Drachen, Eur. <i>Herc.F<\/i>. 499 ; des Schneckengehäuses, Arist.; <i>eine Verzierung<\/i> an Stöcken, Ael. <i>V.H<\/i>. 9.11 Ath. XII.543f ; von den Windungen der Lazedämonischen Skytala, Plut. <i>Lys<\/i>. 19 ; <i>das Gekräusel<\/i> der Locken, πλοκάμων Anacr. 16.7, wie Luc. <i>am<\/i>. 26 ; ξανθοφυεῖς, Strat. 8 (XII.10); des Barthaares, Apollnds. 8 (X.19); bei Polypen = πλεκτάναι, <i>Fangfäden<\/i>, Antiphil. 23 (IX.14); <i>der Kreis<\/i>, bes. den die Himmelskörper beschreiben, Arist. <i>Metaph<\/i>. 2.2.27, öfter, u. A., wie ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν Tim.Locr. 97c ; <i>Weinranken<\/i>, Theophr., Diosc. u. A.; βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον Ar. <i>Ran<\/i>. 1321, <i>Weinrebe, Traube ; – die Schnecken<\/i> am Säulenkapitäl, Ath. V.206b ; <i>die Spirallinie<\/i>, Hermesian. bei Ath. XIII.599a ; daher Name verschiedener Maschinen, Flaschenzug, Ath. V.207b, <i>Schraubengang<\/i> u. ä. – <i>Eine Art Epheu<\/i>, Ar. <i>Th<\/i>. 1000 u. A. – <i>Der Schwibbogen, Gewölbe<\/i>, Sp. – Von künstlichen <i>Verschlingungen der Rede<\/i>, Dion.Hal. <i>Thuc<\/i>. 48."
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                    "description": "ικος, ὁ, ἡ, <i>gewunden, geringelt, gekräuselt<\/i> ; bei Hom. Beiwort der Rinder, mit gebogenen, schön gewundenen Hörnern ; andere Erkl. bezogen es auf die krummen Füße, oder οἱ εὖ ἑλισσόμενοι ἐν ταῖς ὅποι δέον κάμπαις, oder erkl. gar ἕλιξ = μέλας. – Auch Soph. <i>Aj<\/i>. 367 ; Theocr. 25.127 ; vgl. noch Eur. <i>Bacch<\/i>. 1171. Bei Sp. auch δρόμος, Nonn. <i>D<\/i>. 2.263, u. öfter von Tänzern, = ἑλισσόμενος, <i>sich drehend<\/i> ; πλόκαμος, Christodor. <i>ecphr<\/i>. 284. Bei Eur. <i>Hel<\/i>. 180 χλόα, vgl. 1330."
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                    "description": "1. <b>anything which assumes a spiral shape <\/b>: <br\/>2. <b>an armlet <\/b> or <b>ear-ring <\/b>, (Iliad by Homer) <br\/>3. <b>a twist, whirl, convolution <\/b>, ἕλικες στεροπῆς <b>flashes of forked <\/b> lightning, (Aeschulus Tragicus) <br\/>4. <b>the tendril <\/b> of the vine, (Euripides): of ivy, (Euripides) <br\/>5. <b>a curl <\/b> or <b>lock of hair <\/b>, [<date><i>variant<\/i> dates<author>Anthology Palantina<\/author><\/date> <br\/>6. <b>the coil <\/b> or <b>spire <\/b> of a serpent, (Euripides) (ML)"
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