ὁλκός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">drawing to oneself, attractive</b>, θερμόν τε καὶ ὁ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>931a25</span> ; μάθημα ψυχῆς ὁλκὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ γιγνομένου ἐπὶ τὸ ὄν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>521d</span> ; <b class="b3">ὁλκὸν . . ψυχῆς πρὸς ἀλήθειαν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">527b</span> ; ὁλκοτέρας τὰς ῥίζας ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">CP</span>3.17.3</span> (<b class="b3">ἑλκοτέρας</b> cod. A: <b class="b3">ἑλκτικωτέρας</b> Wimmer). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">trailing</b>, ὁλκὰ βαίνων <span class="bibl">Hld.10.30</span>. Adv. Comp. -ότερον <b class="b2">slowly</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.3.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">possible</b>, <b class="b3">ὁλκά· δυνατά</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Pass., <b class="b2">liable to be attracted, having a propensity</b>, ὁ. διάνοιαι παρθένων πρὸς ἀρετήν <span class="bibl">Ph.2.229</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ὁλκ-ός</span>, ὁ, (ἕλκω) : <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">machine for hauling</b> ships <b class="b2">on land, hauling-engine</b>, prob. a fixed <b class="b2">capstan, windlass</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.154</span>, <span class="bibl">159</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>146</span>,<span class="bibl">673</span> ; but also of <b class="b2">movable engines</b> of like kind, for hauling ships across the Isthmus of Corinth, <span class="bibl">Th.3.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">strap, rein</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ῥυτήρ</b>), τμητοῖς ὁλκοῖς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>863</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">furrow, track, trace</b>, αἵματι δ' ὁλκοὶ . . πλήθοντο <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1391</span> ; <b class="b3">σμίλης ὁλκός</b> <b class="b2">the traces</b> of a chisel in the wood, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span> 779</span>(lyr.) ; <b class="b3">ὁ. τοῦ ξύλου</b> <b class="b2">the furrow made by</b> the wood, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>9.18</span> ; <b class="b2">path, track</b>, or <b class="b2">orbit</b> of a star or meteor, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.141</span>, <span class="bibl">4.296</span>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span> 24.90</span> ; <b class="b3">ἁμάξης</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.96</span> ; <b class="b2">ditch</b> or <b class="b2">channel</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.375</span> ; <b class="b3">οἴδματος ὁλκοί</b> the waves, ib.<span class="bibl">1167</span> ; ὁλκοὶ καλλιρόων ὑδάτων <span class="title">Milet.</span>1(9).343 ; <b class="b2">body-coils</b> of a serpent, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>266</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>79</span> ; but, <b class="b2">coiling movement</b> of a serpent, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>162</span>, al. ; cf. ὁ. γλώσσης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Al.</span>79</span>, <span class="bibl">281</span> ; of hair, <b class="b2">coil</b>, <b class="b3">ὁλκὸς ἐθείρης, πλοκάμων . . ὁλκοί</b>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>3.413</span>, <span class="bibl">32.168</span> : generally, of anything drawn, <b class="b3">αἵματος ὁλκῷ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">4.329</span>, al. ; <b class="b2">draught</b> of wine, <span class="bibl">Antiph. 237.4</span>(pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in periphrases, <b class="b3">δάφνης ὁλκοί</b> <b class="b2">drawings</b>, i. e. laurelboughs (or brooms made of them) <b class="b2">drawn along</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 145</span> (lyr.) ; <b class="b3">τερπνὸς ἀκούεται ὁ. ἁμάξης</b> a chariot <b class="b2">drawn</b>, <span class="bibl">D.P.191</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">aqueduct</b>, Cod.Just.1.4.26 ; ὁ. ὑδάτων <span class="bibl">Lyd.<span class="title">Mens.</span>3.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> a kind of <b class="b2">spider</b>, Dsc.2.63. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> a kind of <b class="b2">grass, mouse-barley</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span> 27.90</span>.</span>