ὁλκός

ὁλκ-ός, ή, όν,

A drawing to oneself, attractive,

θερμόν τε καὶ ὁ. Arist.Pr.931a25

;

μάθημα ψυχῆς ὁλκὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ γιγνομένου ἐπὶ τὸ ὄν Pl.R.521d

; ὁλκὸν . . ψυχῆς πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ib.527b ;

ὁλκοτέρας τὰς ῥίζας ποιεῖν Thphr. CP3.17.3

(ἑλκοτέρας cod. A: ἑλκτικωτέρας Wimmer).

II trailing,

ὁλκὰ βαίνων Hld.10.30

. Adv. [comp] Comp.

-ότερον

slowly,

Id.3.5

.

III possible, ὁλκά· δυνατά, Hsch.

IV [voice] Pass., liable to be attracted, having a propensity,

ὁ. διάνοιαι παρθένων πρὸς ἀρετήν Ph.2.229

.

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ὁλκ-ός, ὁ, ([etym.] ἕλκω) :

I machine for hauling ships on land, hauling-engine, prob. a fixed capstan, windlass, 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.

2 strap, rein (cf. ῥυτήρ),

τμητοῖς ὁλκοῖς S.El.863

(lyr.).

II furrow, track, trace,

αἵματι δ' ὁλκοὶ . . πλήθοντο A.R.3.1391

; σμίλης ὁλκός the traces of a chisel in the wood, Ar.Th. 779(lyr.) ; ὁ. τοῦ ξύλου 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, Nonn.D. 24.90 ; ἁμάξης ib.1.96 ; ditch or channel, A.R.1.375 ; οἴδματος ὁλκοί 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, ὁλκὸς ἐθείρης, πλοκάμων . . ὁλκοί, Nonn.D.3.413, 32.168 : generally, of anything drawn, αἵματος ὁλκῷ ib.4.329, al. ; draught of wine, Antiph. 237.4(pl.).

2 in periphrases, δάφνης ὁλκοί drawings, i. e. laurelboughs (or brooms made of them) drawn along, E.Ion 145 (lyr.) ; τερπνὸς ἀκούεται ὁ. ἁμάξης a chariot drawn, D.P.191.

3 aqueduct, Cod.Just.1.4.26 ;

ὁ. ὑδάτων Lyd.Mens.3.23

.

III a kind of spider, Dsc.2.63.

IV a kind of grass, mouse-barley, Plin.HN 27.90.