Lewis & Short

† hĕlix, ĭcis, f., = ἕλιξ (wound, twisted).

  1. I. A kind of ivy, Cic. Univ. 9, 27; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 145 sqq.
  2. II. A kind of willow, Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.
  3. III. In archit., a whorl, a small ornament on the capital of Corinthian columns, Vitr. 4, 1, 12.