ἑλκτός
From LSJ
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A that can be drawn, tensile, Arist.GA743b5, Mete.385a16.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑλκτός: -ή, -όν, ὁ δυνάμενος νὰ ἑλκυσθῇ, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Γεν. 2. 6, 25.
Spanish (DGE)
-ή, -όν
elástico, dúctil τὸ δὲ νεῦρον ξηρὸν καὶ ἑλκτόν Arist.GA 743b5, cf. Mete.386b14, 387a11, διαλέγεται ... περὶ ἑλκτοῦ καὶ ἀνέλκτου Olymp.in Mete.327.7.
