Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑλκτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλκτικός ἑλκτική ἑλκτικόν

Structure: ἑλκτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/lkw

Sense

  1. fit for drawing, attractive

Examples

  • ἆρ’ οὖν ἐν τούτοισ μόνον ἀπορίαισ ἀφύκτοισ ὁ Ἐρασιστράτου λόγοσ ἐνέχεται μὴ βουληθέντοσ χρήσασθαι ταῖσ ἑλκτικαῖσ δυνάμεσιν εἰσ μηδέν, ἢ σφοδρότατα μὲν ἐν τούτοισ καὶ σαφῶσ οὕτωσ, ὡσ ἂν μηδὲ παῖδα λαθεῖν; (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 58)

Synonyms

  1. fit for drawing

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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