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ὁλκάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁλκάς ὁλκάδος

Structure: ὁλκαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e(/lkw

Sense

  1. a ship which is towed, a ship of burthen, trading vessel, merchantman

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἓν μὲν τὸ ἐσθιόμενον, ἐν ᾧ τὰ καλούμενά ἐστιν ᾠά, ἄλλα δὲ δύο τό τε τῶν σπατάγγων καὶ τὸ τῶν καλουμένων βρυσῶν, μνημονεύει τῶν σπατάγγων καὶ Σώφρων καὶ Ἀριστοφάνησ ἐν Ὁλκάσιν οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 5:2)
  • Ἀριστοφάνησ δ’ ἐν Ὁλκάσιν ὦ κακοδαίμων ὅστισ ἐν ἅλμῃ πρῶτον τριχίδων ἀπεβάφθη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 137 5:1)
  • ὡσ δ’ οὖν ἐνίκα φεύγειν εἰσ τὴν Αἴγυπτον, ἀναχθεὶσ ἀπὸ Κύπρου Σελευκίδι τριήρει μετὰ τῆσ γυναικόσ τῶν δ’ ἄλλων οἱ μὲν ἐν μακραῖσ ὁμοίωσ ναυσίν, οἱ δὲ ἐν ὁλκάσιν ἅμα συμπαρέπλεον, τὸ μὲν πέλαγοσ διεπέρασεν ἀσφαλῶσ, πυθόμενοσ δὲ τὸν Πτολεμαῖον ἐν Πηλουσίῳ καθῆσθαι μετὰ στρατιᾶσ, πολεμοῦντα πρὸσ τὴν ἀδελφήν, ἐκεῖ κατέσχε, προπέμψασ τὸν φράσοντα τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ δεησόμενον. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 77 1:1)
  • γόμφοσ δ’ οὐδ’ ἔτι χαλκὸσ ἐν ὁλκάσιν, οὐδὲ σίδηροσ, ἀλλὰ λίνῳ τοίχων ἁρμονίη δέδεται. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3063)
  • ὅκκα δ’ Ἀθηναίῃσι σὺν ὁλκάσιν ἐνθάδε κέλσασ τὰν Μυτιληναίων γᾶν ἀλάπαξε Πάχησ, τᾶν κουρᾶν ἀδίκωσ ἠράσσατο, τὼσ δὲ συνεύνωσ ἔκτανεν, ὡσ τήνασ τῇδε βιησόμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6142)

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

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