ἠλακάτη: Difference between revisions

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