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

  • εἰ γὰρ ὅλωσ εὑρεθείη τι φάρμακον ἑλκτικὸν τοῦδέ τινοσ τοῦ χυμοῦ μόνου, κίνδυνοσ κρατεῖν δηλαδὴ τῷ λόγῳ τὸ ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν σωμάτων εἶναί τινα δύναμιν ἐπισπαστικὴν τῆσ οἰκείασ ποιότητοσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1364)

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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