helice

hĕlĭcē, ēs, f., = ἑλίκη (a winding).

• A kind of slender, flexible willow, Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.—
• II As nom. propr.: Hĕlĭcē.
• • A The constellation of the Great Bear, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 20, 66; Ov. F. 3, 108; Val. Fl. 1, 17.— Transf., the North, Grat. Cyneg. 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1539.—
  • B A maritime town of Achaia, swallowed up by the sea, Ov. M. 15, 293; Plin. 2, 92, 94, § 206; Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 4.