ὁλκός

English (LSJ)

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   A drawing to oneself, attractive, θερμόν τε καὶ ὁ. Arist.Pr.931a25 ; μάθημα ψυχῆς ὁλκὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ γιγνομένου ἐπὶ τὸ ὄν Pl.R.521d ; ὁλκὸν . . ψυχῆς πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ib.527b ; ὁλκοτέρας τὰς ῥίζας ποιεῖν Thphr. CP3.17.3 (ἑλκοτέρας cod. A: ἑλκτικωτέρας Wimmer).    II trailing, ὁλκὰ βαίνων Hld.10.30. Adv. Comp. -ότερον slowly, Id.3.5.    III possible, ὁλκά· δυνατά, Hsch.    IV Pass., liable to be attracted, having a propensity, ὁ. διάνοιαι παρθένων πρὸς ἀρετήν Ph.2.229.
ὁλκ-ός, ὁ, (ἕλκω) :    I machine for hauling ships on land, hauling-engine, prob. a fixed capstan, windlass, Hdt.2.154, 159, E.Rh.146,673 ; but also of movable engines of like kind, for hauling ships across the Isthmus of Corinth, Th.3.15.    2 strap, rein (cf. ῥυτήρ), τμητοῖς ὁλκοῖς S.El.863 (lyr.).    II furrow, track, trace, αἵματι δ' ὁλκοὶ . . πλήθοντο A.R.3.1391 ; σμίλης ὁλκός the traces of a chisel in the wood, Ar.Th. 779(lyr.) ; ὁ. τοῦ ξύλου the furrow made by the wood, X.Cyn.9.18 ; path, track, or orbit of a star or meteor, A.R.3.141, 4.296, Nonn.D. 24.90 ; ἁμάξης ib.1.96 ; ditch or channel, A.R.1.375 ; οἴδματος ὁλκοί the waves, ib.1167 ; ὁλκοὶ καλλιρόων ὑδάτων Milet.1(9).343 ; body-coils of a serpent, Nic.Th.266, al., Luc.Herm.79 ; but, coiling movement of a serpent, Nic.Th.162, al. ; cf. ὁ. γλώσσης Id.Al.79, 281 ; of hair, coil, ὁλκὸς ἐθείρης, πλοκάμων . . ὁλκοί, Nonn.D.3.413, 32.168 : generally, of anything drawn, αἵματος ὁλκῷ ib.4.329, al. ; draught of wine, Antiph. 237.4(pl.).    2 in periphrases, δάφνης ὁλκοί drawings, i. e. laurelboughs (or brooms made of them) drawn along, E.Ion 145 (lyr.) ; τερπνὸς ἀκούεται ὁ. ἁμάξης a chariot drawn, D.P.191.    3 aqueduct, Cod.Just.1.4.26 ; ὁ. ὑδάτων Lyd.Mens.3.23.    III a kind of spider, Dsc.2.63.    IV a kind of grass, mouse-barley, Plin.HN 27.90.