hĕlix, ĭcis, f., = ἕλιξ (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.