hĕlĭcē, ēs, f., = ἑλίκη (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 ( Luc. ), 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.