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1 βάλανος
A acorn, Od.10.242, 13.409, Arist.HA 603b31, Thphr.HP3.8.3: any similar fruit, date, Hdt.1.193, X.An.2.3.15, Arr.Ind.11.8; Διὸς β. v. Διοσβάλανος; β. μυρεψική bān, Balanites aegyptiaca, Dsc.4.157, cf. Thphr.HP4.2.1.II from similarity of shape,6 Medic., suppository, Hp.Epid.1.26.ά, Aret.CA 1.1.b pledget, pessary, Hp.Mul.1.84.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > βάλανος
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2 χέλυς
A tortoise, h.Merc.33.2 lyre (since Hermes made the first lyre by stretching strings on a tortoise's shell, which acted as a sounding-board), ib.25,153, Sapph.45, A.Fr. 314;καθ' ἑπτάτονον ὀρείαν χ. E.Alc. 448
(lyr.), cf. HF 683 (lyr.).3 the constellation Lyra, Arat.268. -
3 ἕλιξ
A twisted, curved: in Hom. and Hes., as in S.Aj. 374 (lyr.), Theoc.25.127, epith. of oxen, commonly understood of their twisted, crumpled horns, cf.ἑλικτός 1
; also expld. of the movement of their bodies as they walk, rolling: freq. coupled with εἰλίπους, cf. Il.12.293 and Sch. ad loc., etc.; ἕλιξ abs.,= βοῦς, E.Ba. 1170 (lyr.): later of various objects,ποταμός Pi.
ap. Sch.Il.Oxy.221 ix 15; ἕλικα ἀνὰ χλόαν on the tangled grass, E.Hel. 180 (lyr., cf. sq. 111);δρόμος Nonn.D.2.263
;σειρή Tryph.322
.------------------------------------A anything which assumes a spiral shape: once in Hom., γναμπτάς θ' ἕλικας, of armlets or ear-rings, Il.18.401 (cf. ἑλικτήρ), cf. h.Ven.87, Arist.Mir. 840b20:—afterwards in various relations:II whirl, convolution, ἕλικες στεροπῆς flashes of forked lightning, A.Pr. 1083 (anap.); of circular or spiral motion,αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Arist.Metaph. 998a5
;ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν Ti.Locr.97c
; wreath of smoke, A.R.1.438.III tendril of the vine, Thphr.CP2.18.2;βοσκὰς εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων E.Hel. 1331
(lyr.); βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον the clustering grape, Ar.Ra. 1321 (lyr.).IV convolution of a spiral shell (cf.ἑλίκη 11
), Arist.HA 547b11: pl., convolutions of the bowels, Id.PA 675b24: sg., colon, ib. 675b20; also of the ear, Id.de An. 420a13, Ruf. Onom.44.V spiral running round a staff, Ael.VH9.11, Ath. 12.543f; on a child's ball, A.R.3.139; spiral strip folded round the scytale, Plu.Lys.19.2 Geom., spiral, Epicur.Ep.2p.40U., Hermesian. 7.86; περὶ ἑλίκων, title of work by Archim.; also,= κύκλος, Hsch.b of planets' orbit, Eudox. Ars5.3, Theo Sm.p.201 H.; but also of the sun's and moon's orbits, Eudox. Ars9.2.3 helix, screw-windlass, employed in launching ships, invented by Archimedes, Moschioap.Ath.5.207b.VI pl., involved sentences, D.H.Th.48.VII Adj. winding,ὁ ῥοῦς φέρεται ἕλικα πορείαν Dion.Byz.3
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