ἠλακάτη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[κᾰ], ἡ (so in Att. Inscrr., ''IG''22.1517.209, but [[ἠλεκάτη]] ''SIG''2 588.17 (Delos, ii B.C.), ''AJA''17.162 (Cyrene), ''Sammelb.''5873, cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]];<br><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[ἠλεκάτιον]]), Dor. [[ἠλακάτα]] E.''Or.''1431 (lyr.), Aeol. [[ἀλακάτα]] Theoc.28.1 (<b class="b3">ᾱλ-</b> also in [[χρυσαλάκατος]], [[εὐαλάκατος]], Dor. <b class="b3">ἠλ-</b> is dub.):—[[distaff]], Od.4.135, 1.357, Il.6.491, E. [[l.c.]], etc.; ἡ ἠλακάτη [τοῦ ἀτράκτου] the [[stalk]] of the [[spindle]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 616c: metaph., <b class="b3">γηραιῇσι.. ἠλακάτῃσι</b> with the [[fate]] of [[old]] [[age]], ''IG''14.1389i18.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[distaff]]-[[shaped]] [[object]]s:<br><span class="bld">1</span> one joint of a [[reed]] or [[cane]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 2.2.1; a [[reed]] = [[δόναξ]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἠ.</b>, of the pistil of the citron-flower, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 1.13.4, cf. 4.4.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Compds. (e.g. [[χρυσηλάκατος]]), [[arrow]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">3</span> the upper part of the [[mast]], which was made to turn round, A.R.1.565 (v. Sch.), Ath.11.475a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[windlass]], Sch.Th.7.25 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἠλεκάτη]]).<br><span class="bld">5</span> the [[constellation]] [[Coma Berenices]], Sch.Arat.146.