ἑλικοδρόμος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ον,
A running in curves, twisting, Orph.H.9.10; circular, E.Ba.1067 (cj. for ἕλκει δρόμον).
German (Pape)
[Seite 797] in Windungen, Krümmungen lausend; Orph. H. 8, 10; auch Eur. Bacch. 1067 nach Conj.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑλῐκοδρόμος: -ον, τρέχων ἑλικοειδῶς, συστρεφόμενος, Ὀρφ. Ὕμν. 8. 10· κυκλοτερής, περιφορὰν ἑλκιδρόμον Εὐρ. Βάκχ. 1067 (κατὰ διόρθωσιν τοῦ Ρεϊσκίου ἀντὶ ἕλκει δρόμον).