Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἕλιξ (helix) a fetter ^G:N-F

ἕλιξ,

poetry εἷλιξ, ῐκος, ἡ, (ἑλίσσω)

__B anything which assumes a spiral shape: once in [Refs 8th c.BC+], of armlets or ear-rings, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —afterwards in various relations:
__B.II whirl, convolution, ἕλικες στεροπῆς flashes of forked lightning, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of circular or spiral motion, αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; wreath of smoke, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.III tendril of the vine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον the clustering grape, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 tendril of ivy, [Refs]; also, ivy. Hedera Helix, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 curl or lock of hair, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.III.4 coil of a serpent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural,feelers of the polypus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.III.5 volute on the capital of a column, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.IV convolution of a spiral shell [Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, convolutions of the bowels, [Refs]: singular, colon, [Refs]; also of the ear, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.V spiral running round a staff, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; on a child's ball, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; spiral strip folded round the scytale, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.V.2 Geometry texts, spiral, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; περὶ ἑλίκων, title of work by [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also,= κύκλος, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__B.V.2.b of planets' orbit, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also of the sun's and moon's orbits, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.V.3 helix, screw-windlass, employed in launching ships, invented by Archimedes, Moschioap.[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.V.4 treadmill used to raise water, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.VI plural, involved sentences, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.VII adjective winding, ὁ ῥοῦς φέρεται ἕλικα πορείαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]