helix

hĕlix, ĭcis, f., = ἕλιξ (wound, twisted).

• A kind of ivy, Cic. Univ. 9, 27; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 145 sqq.—
• II A kind of willow, Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.—
• III In archit., a whorl, a small ornament on the capital of Corinthian columns, Vitr. 4, 1, 12.

helix, icis, f. (ἕλιξ, alles Gewundene; dah.) I) der Winde-, Kriechefeu, Plin. 16, 145 sqq. (Cic. Tim. § 31 jetzt helicae inflexione). – II) die Wickelweide, eine Art der Bachweide, Plin. 16, 177. – III) eine Schneckenart = actinophoros, Plin. 32, 147. – IV) ein Schnörkel am Kapitell der korinthischen Säulenordnung, minores helices, Vitr. 4, 1, 12.

1 helix v. 1 Helice

2 helix [CL < ἕλιξ] , spiral, twist. b (?) kind of ivy. cum illi a natura unicum tantum intestinum sine elice (ut aiunt) rectum sit concessum Caius Anim. 22.  b herbam ‥ cujus ramus quadrangulus est ad modum †eliceferis [? l. helicis fere] Adel. CA 12.

hĕlix, ĭcis, f. (ἕλιξ), sorte de lierre : Plin. 16, 145 || sorte dʼosier : Plin. 16, 177 || hélice, volute [du chapiteau corinthien] : Vitr. Arch. 4, 1, 12.

helix , icis. f.
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HELIX

HELIX(ἕλιξ), anything of a spiral form, whether in one plane, as the spiral curve, or in different planes, as the screw.

1. In architecture, the spiral volutes of the Ionic and Corinthian capitals. The Roman architects, while they used the word volutae for the angular spirals, retained the term helices for the smaller spirals in the middle of each face of the Corinthian capital. (Vitr. 4.1.12.)

2. In mechanics, the word designates the screw in its various applications; but its chief use was to describe a machine used for launching ships, said to have been invented by Archimedes. (Athen. 5. p. 207 a, where Schweighäuser notes that the exact nature of it has not been discovered.)

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