Helice, A citie of Achaia, swallowed vp of the sea.
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
hĕlĭcē, ēs, f., = e(li/kh (a winding). I.A kind of slender, flexible willow, Plin. 16, 37, 69, 177.—II. As nom. propr.: Hĕlĭcē. A.The constellation of the Great Bear, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; Ov. F. 3, 108; Val. Fl. 1, 17.— Transf., the North, Grat. Cyneg. 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1539.—B.A maritime town of Achaia, swallowed up by the sea, Ov. M. 15, 293; Plin. 2, 92, 94, 206; Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 4.
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.