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