αὖλαξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾰκος, ἡ (also ὁ, ''AP''9.274 (Phil.), Aret.''SD''2.13), also [[ἄλοξ]], οκος ([[quod vide|q.v.]]); [[ὦλξ]], found only in acc. <b class="b3">ὦλκα, ὦλκας;</b> Dor. [[ὦλαξ]] ''EM'' 625.38:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[furrow]] made in [[ploughing]], <b class="b3">[βόε] ἱεμένω κατὰ ὦλκα</b> [[hasten]]ing along the [[furrow]], Il.13.707; κατὰ ὦλκας A.R.3.1054; εἰ ὦλκα διηνεκέα προταμοίμην Od.18.375; [βόε] ἐρίσαντε ἐν αὔλακι Hes.''Op.'' 439; <b class="b3">ἰθεῖάν κ' αὔλακ' ἐλαύνοι</b> ib.443; ὀρθὰς αὔλακας… ἤλαυνε Pi.''P.''4.227; ἀρότρῳ ἀναρρηγνύντες αὖλακας Hdt.2.14; αἰθέρος αὔλακα τέμνων Ar.''Av.''1400 (lyr.); ἐξ ἀλόκων ἐπετειᾶν A.''Ag.''1015; βαθεῖαν ἄλοκα διὰ φρενὸς καρπούμενος Id.''Th.''593; ἐν ἄλοκι Ar.''Av.''234 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[furrow's breadth]], Thphr.''HP''8.8.7, ''CP''4.12.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[wife]], [[σπείρειν]] τέκνων ἄλοκα E.''Ph.''18; <b class="b3">αἱ πατρῷαι ἄλοκες</b> thy [[father]]'s [[wife]], S.''OT''1211.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[furrow in the skin]], [[gash]], [[wound]], ὄνυχος ἄλοκι νεοτόμῳ A.''Ch.''25 (lyr.); δορὸς ἄλοκα E.''HF''164; of the line drawn by the stile in writing, ποίαν αὔλακα; Ar.''Th.''782 (anap.), cf. ''AP'' 6.68 (Jul. Aegypt.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[swathe]], Theoc.10.6.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[αὖλαξ ὑδροφόρος]] = [[aqueduct]], IG14.453 (Catana).<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">αὔλακας· κοίλους τόπους</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]—Chiefly ''poet.'', never in good Att. Prose; Hom. only in acc. [[ὦλκα]]; αὖλαξ only is used by Pi. and Hdt., [[ἄλοξ]] only by Trag.; both [[αὖλαξ]] and [[ἄλοξ]] by Ar. (Cf. Lac. [[εὐλάκα]] '[[plough]]', Lith. velkù, Slav. vlèką 'pull'.)