ὁλκή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ἕλκω)

   A drawing, trailing, dragging, e. g. of the hair, A.Supp.884 ; ἡ τῆς γνάψεως ὁ. the drawing of the carding instrument in fulling cloth, Pl.Plt.282e ; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ. by one haul or pull, Arist.Mech.853b1 ; ἡ ὁ. τοῦ ἀρότρου S.E.P.3.15 : metaph., τοῖς δεινοῖς περὶ λόγων ὁλκήν skilled in drawing words to a false meaning, Pl.Phlb.57d.    2 inhalation (of vapour), Hp.Mul.1.55 ; ὁ. πνεύματος drawing in of the breath, Arist.Spir.482a15 ; τοῦ αἵματος suction of blood by the cupping-bowl, Anon. in Rh. 170.8.    3 ray, beam, prob. cj. for ὁλκὸν in Lyr.Alex.Adesp.35.19.    II a drawing on or towards a thing, παιδεία ἔσθ' ἡ παίδων ὁ. καὶ ἀγωγὴ πρὸς τὸν λόγον Pl.Lg.659d.    2 attraction, force of attraction, Id.Ti.80c ; of a magnet, Epicur.Fr.293 (pl.), Ph.1.34 ; ἡ ὁ. τῆς ὁμοιότητος the attractive force of similarity, Pl.Cra.435c.    3 tendency, διανοίας πρὸς τὸ ὄν Ph.1.332.    III drawing down of the scale, weight, ὁ. ταλάντου χρυσίου Men.383, cf. Arist.Mir.833b10, Thphr.HP9.16.8, Plb.30.25.16, LXX 1 Es.8.62(64), IG22.659.27, 11(2).128.25 (Delos, iii B. C.), etc. ; ὁλκὴν ἄγειν weigh so much, Michel836.30(Milet.), etc.    2 the drachma, as a weight, Dsc.1.30, S.E.P. 1.81, Hero *Geom.23.55, Gal.19.752, Asclep. ap. eund.13.160, Ruf. Ren.Ves.1.11.

German (Pape)

[Seite 323] ἡ (ἕλκω), das Ziehen; ἀρότρου, S. Emp. pyrrh. 3, 15; der Zug, ὁλκὴ γὰρ οὔτοι πλόκαμον οὐ δαμάζεται, Aesch. Suppl. 861; καὶ ἀγωγὴ παίδων πρὸς τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου λόγον ὀρθὸν εἰρημένον, Plat. Legg. II, 659 d; τοῖς δεινοῖς περὶ λόγων ὁλκήν, Phil. 57 d; von dem Ziehen der Wagschaale, das Gewicht, die Wucht, Luc. Demon. 7 τὴν ὁλκὴν διτάλαντα; vgl. Pol. 31, 3, 16 u. Nic. Th. 92; ὁλκὴν ταλάντου χρυσίου, Men. bei Poll. 9, 76; im engern Sinne, das Gewicht einer Drachme, Sp., wie Galen. u. S. Emp. pyrrh. 1, 81; – das Ansichziehen, die Anziehung, νοτίδος, Theophr.; dah. übertr. = Zug zu Etwas hin, Neigung, Sp.