ἑλίκων
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
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.
