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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Helicē f sg (genitive Helicēs); first declension
- a town of Achaia situated on the coast between the rivers Selinus and Cerynites
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
References
- “helice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Helice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Helice”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly