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ὁλκή

ὁλκή, a drawing, dragging, tugging: a drawing on

ὁλκ-ή, ἡ, (ἕλκω)
  • drawing, trailing, dragging, e. g. of the hair, A. Supp. 884; ἡ τῆς γνάψεως ὁ. the drawing of the carding instrument in fulling cloth, Pl. Plt. 282e; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ. by one haul or pull, Arist. Mech. 853b1; ἡ ὁ. τοῦ ἀρότρου S.E. P. 3.15: metaph., τοῖς δεινοῖς περὶ λόγων ὁλκήν skilled in drawing words to a false meaning, Pl. Phlb. 57d.
      • 2 inhalation (of vapour), Hp. Mul. 1.55; ὁ. πνεύματος drawing in of the breath, Arist. Spir. 482a15; τοῦ αἵματος suction of blood by the cupping-bowl, Anon. in Rh. 170.8.
      • 3 ray, beam, prob. cj. for ὁλκὸν in Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 35.19.
    • II a drawing on or towards a thing, παιδεία ἔσθʼ ἡ παίδων ὁ. καὶ ἀγωγὴ πρὸς τὸν λόγον Pl. Lg. 659d.
      • 2 attraction, force of attraction, Id. Ti. 80c; of a magnet, Epicur. Fr. 293 (pl.), Ph. 1.34; ἡ ὁ. τῆς ὁμοιότητος the attractive force of similarity, Pl. Cra. 435c.
      • 3 tendency, διανοίας πρὸς τὸ ὄν Ph. 1.332.
    • III drawing down of the scale, weight, ὁ. ταλάντου χρυσίου Men. 383, cf. Arist. Mir. 833b10, Thphr. HP 9.16.8, Plb. 30.25.16, LXX 1 Es. 8.62(64), IG 2(2).659.27, 11(2).128.25 (Delos, iii B. C.), etc.; ὁλκὴν ἄγειν weigh so much, Michel 836.30 (Milet.), etc.
      • 2 the drachma, as a weight, Dsc. 1.30, S.E. P. 1.81, Hero *Geom. 23.55, Gal. 19.752, Asclep. ap. eund. 13.160, Ruf. Ren.Ves. 1.11.

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