Ὁλκόν
hauling-engine
Translated by Ronald Allen10 Dec 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁλκόν· ἰσχυρὸν τόνον, ἢ ἑλκυστικόν, ἢ ὅρμον, ἢ ὁδόν. ὁ δὲ τὸν ὁλκὸν τοῦ ὕδατος ἔκοψεν.
Betacode
*(olko/n: i)sxuro\n to/non, h)\ e(lkustiko/n, h)\ o(/rmon, h)\ o(do/n. o( de\ to\n o(lko\n tou= u(/datos e)/koyen.
Notes (2)
- The headword is a masculine noun in the accusative singular; see LSJ s.v.
o(lko/s , and cf. omicron 176, and omicron 180. (There is also an adjective,o(lko/s, -h/, -o/n , drawing to oneself, attractive; cf. omicron 177, omicron 178, and omicron 179.) The headword is perhaps extracted from the quotation given, though the other lexica [next note] do not have it, and there are numerous other possibilities. - 1The glossing substantives are all in the accusative singular, the first three masculine, the last feminine. The headword is identically glossed in the Synagoge, Photius' Lexicon (omicron230 Theodoridis), and Lexica Segueriana 316.19; cf. Hesychius omicron587-588. ↩
- 2Menander Protector, De legationibus Romanorum ad gentes 5.19-20 (= fr. 15 FHG, 4.220); cf. upsilon 69. ↩
Linked from5 entries
- ο176Ὁλκόςfurrow[Meaning] a road, or a drawing of a stream, or a tail. Properly, a holkos [is] the trail of serpents, but also, by a figurative use of language, the length of the keel: for in serpentine fashion they used to extend [it]…
- ο177Ὁλκὸς ἄνθρωποςattractive fellow, attractive man[Meaning] one who is engaging and seductive.
- ο178Ὁλκοῖςattractive, drawing to themselves[Meaning by/for/to/with those men or things] able to lead and to drag after themselves.
- ο179Ὁλκούςattractive, drawing to themselves[Meaning] those [women?] dragging after themselves.
- ο180Ὁλκούςcapstans, hauling-engines, windlasses[Meaning] anchorages/roadsteads.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Dec 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- modified primary note; tweaking — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen