ἑλίκων

From LSJ

ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν → by no augury could he ward off black death

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Transliteration A: helíkōn Transliteration B: helikōn Transliteration C: elikon Beta Code: e(li/kwn

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.