Ἑλίκη
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From ἑλίκη (helíkē, “something that winds; a willow”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.lí.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)eˈli.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈli.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈli.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈli.ci/
Proper noun edit
Ἑλίκη • (Helíkē) f (genitive Ἑλίκης); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Helike (a nymph)
- Helike, an ancient Greek city in Achaea, drowned and destroyed in a natural disaster
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Further reading edit
- “Ἑλίκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἑλίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Ἑλίκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)