ἑλικώδης
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
ἑλικῶδες, = ἑλικοειδής, Plu.2.648f, Nonn. D. 1.370.
Spanish (DGE)
(ἑλῐκώδης) -ες
• Morfología: [formas no contr.: ac. -εα Nonn.D.15.46; dat. -εϊ Nonn.D.2.616, Paul.Sil.Soph.656; plu. ac. -εας Nonn.D.2.616]
1 retorcido, sinuoso κισσός Nonn.D.7.327, ἑ. μορφή de un dragón, Nonn.D.4.418, de la cola de la Osa Mayor, Sch.Arat.35
•subst. τὸ ἑ. de la hiedra, Plu.2.648e
•rizado βόστρυχα Nonn.D.16.15, cf. 23.201.
2 que forma espirales, retorcido, de donde trenzado ἄντυγες ἄστρων Nonn.D.1.370
•que se mueve en círculo, que gira ἐχόρευε ... ἑλικώδεϊ τάρσῳ Nonn.D.19.198, δονέων ἑλικώδεα κύκλον ἀκάνθης de un monstruo, Nonn.D.18.277, del movimiento de la luna en el zodiaco, Nonn.D.6.245.
3 que rodea, que ciñe ἑλικώδεϊ δεσμῷ Nonn.D.1.370.
German (Pape)
[Seite 797] ες, = ἑλικοειδής; Plut. Symp. 3, 2, 1; Nonn. D. 1, 370 u. öfter.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης, ες:
c. ἑλικοειδής.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἑλικώδης: Plut. = ἑλικοειδής.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑλικώδης: -ες, = ἑλικοειδής, Πλούτ. 2. 648F, Νόνν. Δ. 1. 370, κτλ.
Greek Monolingual
-ες (Α ἑλικώδης, -ες)
ελικοειδής.
