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ἑλικ-τός (or εἱλ- ), ή, όν,
A.rolled, twisted, wreathed, “βοῦς κεράεσσιν ἑλικτάςh.Merc.192; δράκων S Tr.12, cf. Pae.Delph.19; “κισσόςE.Ph.652 codd. (lyr.); “στέφανοςChaerem.7; “βόστρυχοςTheodect.6.4; κλῖμαξ . winding staircase, Callix.1; . κύτος a wheeled ark, E.Ion40; εἱλικτὸν κρούειν πόδα, of dancers (cf. “ἑλίσσω” 1.3), Id.El. 180 (lyr.); “σῦριγξ περὶ χεῖλος ἑλικτάTheoc.1.129; ἑλικτά, of insects that can roll or double themselves up, Arist.PA682b24, 692a2: Comp. “ἑλικτότεροςHsch.
II. metaph., tortuous, not straightforward, “ἑλικτὰ κοὐδὲν ὑγιέςE.Andr.448; obscure, Lyc.1466.
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