ἑλιγμός

heligmos

winding, convolution

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 509a27–511a35

510b19
Book IV 2
Chapter 2 525a30–527a35

527a29

Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

532b7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑλιγμός, Ep. εἱλ-, ὁ, A. winding, convolution, of the Labyrinth, Hdt. 2.148; πολλοὺς ἑ. ἄνω καὶ κάτω πλανᾶσθαι X. Cyr. 1.3.4; of the gut, ἑ. ἔχει Arist. HA 532b7; of the Fallopian tubes, ib.510b19; of the brain, Erasistr. ap. Gal. 5.603; of a snake, Sch.Nic. Th. 159; of dancers’ feet, Orph. H. 38.12: generally, rotatory motion, Plu. 2.404f; ὀφθαλμῶν ἑλιγμοί rolling of eyes, Procop.Gaz.p.151 B.; ἑ. καὶ ἀναστροφαὶ ὀργάνων Max.Tyr. 19.4: pl., the plies of a knot, Plu. Alex. 18; ῥευμάτων ἑλιγμοί Id. Caes. 19; ὀρῶν Lib. Or. 61.8.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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