ἑλίκων
From LSJ
θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → it is grasped only by means of an ignorance superior to intellection, it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
English (LSJ)
ωνος, ὁ, A thread spun from the distaff to the spindle, Hsch. II a nine-stringed instrument, Aristid.Quint.3.3, Ptol.Harm.2.2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑλίκων: -ωνος, ὁ, τὸ «ἀπὸ χειρὸς νῆμα τὸ φερόμενον ἐν τῷ ἀτράκτῳ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν» Ἡσύχ. ΙΙ. ἑλικών, ῶνος, ὁ, τετράγωνον μουσικὸν ὄργανον μετὰ ἐννέα χορδῶν, Ἀριστείδ. Κοϊντιλ. 3, π. 187, Meib., Σχόλ. εἰς Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 899.
