Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἑλικτός (heliktos) kneaded ^G:A

ἑλικτός-τός

(or εἱλ-), ή, όν, rolled, twisted, wreathed, βοῦς κεράεσσιν ἑλικτόςτάς [Refs]; δράκων S [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλῖμαξ ἑ. winding staircase, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἑ. κύτος a wheeled ark, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἱλικτὸν κρούειν πόδα, of dancers [ἑλικτόςτά 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.129 ">Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἑλικτόςτά, of insects that can roll or double themselves up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative ἑλικτόςτότερος [Refs 5th c.AD+]

__II metaphorically, tortuous, not straightforward, ἑλικτόςτὰ κοὐδὲν ὑγιές [Refs 5th c.BC+]; obscure, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]