Ὁλκός
furrow
Translated by Ronald Allen15 Dec 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁλκός· ὁδός, ἢ ἀγωγὸς ῥεύματος, ἢ οὐρά. ἢ ὁλκὸς κυρίως τὸ τῶν δρακόντων σύρμα, καταχρηστικῶς δὲ καὶ τὸ τῆς τρόπιδος ἔκταμα· δρακοντοειδὲς γὰρ διὰ πάσης τῆς νεὼς διῆκον.
Betacode
*(olko/s: o(do/s, h)\ a)gwgo\s r(eu/matos, h)\ ou)ra/. h)\ o(lko\s kuri/ws to\ tw=n drako/ntwn su/rma, kataxrhstikw=s de\ kai\ to\ th=s tro/pidos e)/ktama: drakontoeide\s ga\r dia\ pa/shs th=s new\s dih=kon.
Notes (3)
- The headword is a masculine noun in the nominative singular; see LSJ s.v., and cf. omicron 175 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.) - 1The glossing substantives are all in the nominative singular: the first and last are feminine nouns, and the second is a two-ending feminine (and masculine) adjective; see LSJ s.vv., and cf. Hesychius omicron588 s.v.
o(lko/s , and Etymologicum Magnum 622.8. ↩ - 2The sense of
o(lko/s as a trail is noted by both John Philoponus, De vocabulis quae diversum significatum exhibent secundum differentiam accentus s.v.o(/lkos , and the scholia (247.9 Rabe) to Lucian, Hermotimus 79, where the genitive occurs. ↩ - 3Same entry in the Synagoge, Photius' Lexicon (omicron231 Theodoridis), and Lexica Segueriana 316.21-24. On what is being described see generally LSJ s.v., I: machine for hauling ships, hauling-engine (with references). ↩
Linked from5 entries
- ο175Ὁλκόνhauling-engine[Meaning] a strong cord/skein, or extracting[-device], or strap, or track. "He cut the hauling-engine of [ = for] the water."
- 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.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 19 May 2016
- codings — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented n.3; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen