ἠλακάτη

English (LSJ)

[κᾰ], ἡ (so in Att. Inscrr., IG22.1517.209, but ἠλεκ- SIG2 588.17 (Delos, ii B.C.), AJA17.162 (Cyrene), Sammelb.5873, cf. Hsch.;

   A v. ἠλεκάτιον), Dor. ἠλᾰκάτᾱ E.Or.1431 (lyr.), Aeol. ἀλᾰκάτᾱ Theoc.28.1 (ᾱλ- also in χρυσᾱλάκατος, εὐᾱλάκατος, Dor. ἠλ- is dub.):—distaff, Od.4.135, 1.357, Il.6.491, E. l.c., etc.; ἡ ἠ. [τοῦ ἀτράκτου] the stalk of the spindle, Pl.R.616c: metaph., γηραιῇσι . . ἠλακάτῃσι with the fate of old age, IG14.1389i18.    II of distaffshaped objects:    1 one joint of a reed or cane, Thphr.HP2.2.1; a reed,= δόναξ, Hsch.; ὥσπερ ἠ., of the pistil of the citron-flower, Thphr.HP1.13.4, cf. 4.4.3.    2 in Compds. (e.g. χρυσηλάκατος), arrow, Hsch.    3 the upper part of the mast, which was made to turn round, A.R.1.565 (v. Sch.), Ath.11.475a.    4 windlass, Sch.Th.7.25 (v.l. ἠλεκ-).    5 the constellation Coma Berenices, Sch.Arat.146.