ἕλξις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (ἕλκω)

   A dragging, trailing, τὰς Ἕκτορος ἕλξεις Pl.R. 391b; ἱματίων ἕλξεις Id.Alc.1.122c.    2 attraction, attractive power, Id.Ti.80c, Hp.Gland.7; ἕλξει ἐκ γῆς ἀναδίδοται τὰ σπέρματα Porph. Gaur.3.3.    3 drawing of the bow, ἀπὸ τῆς χειρός Hero Bel.75.10, cf. Philostr.Her.11.    4 retching, Hp.Coac.55.

German (Pape)

[Seite 802] ἡ, das Ziehen; Anziehen des Bernsteins, Plat. Tim. 80 c; Fortschleppen, Ἕκτορος, den Achilles am Wagen schleifte, Rep. III, 391 e; ἱματίων, Schleppen, Alc. I, 122 c; τόξων, Spannen, Philostr.