- ἠλακάτη
- ἠλᾰκάτη [κᾰ], ἡ (so in [dialect] Att. Inscrr., IG22.1517.209, but [pref] ἠλεκ- SIG2 588.17 (Delos, ii B.C.), AJA17.162 ([place name] Cyrene), Sammelb.5873, cf. Hsch.;A v. ἠλεκάτιον), [dialect] Dor. [full] ἠλᾰκάτᾱ E.Or.1431 (lyr.), [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἀλᾰκάτᾱ Theoc.28.1 (ᾱλ- also in χρυσᾱλάκατος, εὐᾱλάκατος, [dialect] Dor. ἠλ- is dub.):—distaff, Od.4.135, 1.357, Il.6.491, E. l.c., etc.; ἡ ἠ. [τοῦ ἀτράκτου] the stalk of the spindle, Pl.R.616c: metaph., γηραιῇσι . . ἠλακάτῃσι with the fate of old age, IG14.1389i18.II of distaffshaped objects:1 one joint of a reed or cane, Thphr.HP2.2.1; a reed,= δόναξ, Hsch.; ὥσπερ ἠ., of the pistil of the citron-flower, Thphr.HP1.13.4, cf. 4.4.3.2 in Compds. (e.g. χρυσηλάκατος), arrow, Hsch.3 the upper part of the mast, which was made to turn round, A.R.1.565 (v. Sch.), Ath.11.475a.4 windlass, Sch.Th.7.25 (v.l. ἠλεκ-).5 the constellation Coma Berenices, Sch.Arat.146.
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