ὁλκάς

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Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2
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Full diacritics: ὁλκάς Medium diacritics: ὁλκάς Low diacritics: ολκάς Capitals: ΟΛΚΑΣ
Transliteration A: holkás Transliteration B: holkas Transliteration C: olkas Beta Code: o(lka/s

English (LSJ)

άδος, ἡ,

   A ship which is towed : hence, trading vessel, merchantman, Pi.N.5.2, Hdt.3.135, 7.25, 137, Lys.32.25 ; ἐν ὁλκάσιν ἢ πλοίοις Th.7.7, cf. X.Ath.1.20 ; ὁ. σιταγωγοί Th.6.44 ; οἰναγωγοί Pherecr.143.5, cf. Cephisod.10 : metaph., of women, AP5.160 ; of Europa's bull, Nonn.D.1.66.    2 of stones, conveyed to the place of building, IG11(2).199A79 (Delos, iii B. C.).    3 ὁλκάς· . . παρ' Ἀλκμᾶνι ἀειδῶν (i. e. ἀηδών, cf. Hsch. s.v. ὁλκάς), Cyr.Coisl.394 (Rh.Mus.43.451).

German (Pape)

[Seite 323] άδος, ἡ (ἕλκω), ein Zugschiff, d. i. ein schweres Lastschiff, denn diese wurden gezogen, wie die holländischen Treckschuyten; Pind. N. 5, 2; Eur. Cycl. 503; καθορῶ τἀμπόρια καὶ τὰς ὁλκάδας, Ar. Equ. 171; Her. 7, 25. 137; Thuc. 6, 1 u. öfter; Plat. Lach. 183 d; Folgde; πιστή, Add. 5 (VII, 305); τῆς ὁλκάδος καταδύσης, Luc. Zeux. 3. – Bei sp. D. auch ὀλκάς geschrieben, s. Jac. A. P. p. 19. 637.