Helix, huius helicis, fœm. gen. Plin. A kind of Iuie bearing no berries.Hellanodices.The iudge in any game or contention.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
hĕlix, ĭcis, f., = e(/lic (wound, twisted). I.A kind of ivy, Cic. Univ. 9, 27; Plin. 16, 34, 62, 145 sqq.—II.A kind of willow, Plin. 16, 37, 69, 177.—III. In archit., a whorl, a small ornament on the capital of Corinthian columns, Vitr. 4, 1, 12.