Ἑλίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑλίκη (helíkē, “something that winds; a willow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.lí.kɛː/ → /eˈli.ci/ → /eˈli.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.lí.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈli.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈli.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈli.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈli.ci/

Proper noun

Ἑλίκη • (Helíkē) f (genitive Ἑλίκης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Helike (a nymph)
2. Helike, an ancient Greek city in Achaea, drowned and destroyed in a natural disaster

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἑλίκη; τῆς Ἑλίκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἑλίκη hē Helíkē
Genitive	τῆς Ἑλίκης tês Helíkēs
Dative	τῇ Ἑλίκῃ têi Helíkēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἑλίκην tḕn Helíkēn
Vocative	Ἑλίκη Helíkē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ελίκη (Elíki)
  • English: Elche
    • Spanish: Elche

Further reading

• “Ἑλίκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἑλίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἑλίκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)