different between helix vs elix

English

Etymology

From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ???? (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hi?l?ks/
• Rhymes: -i?l?ks

Noun

helix (plural helixes or helices)

1. (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
2. (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
3. (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
4. An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.

Synonyms

• (curve): spiral (not in technical use)

Derived terms

Related terms

• helicopter

Translations

Verb

helix (third-person singular simple present helixes, present participle helixing, simple past and past participle helixed)

1. To form or cause to form a helix.

See also

• left-handed
• right-handed
• spiral

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ???? (hélix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.l?ks/
• Hyphenation: he?lix

Noun

helix f (plural helices or helixen)

1. helix

   Synonym: schroeflijn

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (hélix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?he.liks/, [?h?l?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.liks/, [???liks]

Noun

helix f (genitive helicis); third declension

1. a kind of ivy
2. a kind of willow
3. a whorl, a small ornament on the capital of Corynthian columns

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• helix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• helix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Verb

elix (third-person singular simple present elixes, present participle elixing, simple past and past participle elixed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To draw out or extract.
   • c. 1599, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida

     O that our muse / Had those abstruse and sinewy faculties / That with a strain of fresh invention / She might press out the rarity of art, / The pur'st elixed juice of rich conceit, / In your attentive ears, that with the lip / Of gracious elocution we might drink / A sound carouse unto your health of wit.

Related terms

• elixir

References

• elix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Lexi, ilex

Latin

Etymology

From ?- +? lax.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?e?.liks/, [?e?l?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.liks/, [???liks]

Noun

?lix f (genitive ?licis); third declension

1. drainage ditch

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• elix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• elix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• elix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• elix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)