ὁλκάς

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).