Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁλκός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁλκός ὁλκή ὁλκόν

Structure: ὁλκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/lkw

Sense

  1. drawing to oneself, attractive

Examples

  • λυχνιῶν τὴν ὁλκὴν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ καὶ τῶν λύχνων. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 28:15)
  • καὶ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ Ἐλεάζαρ ὁ τοῦ Φινεέσ, καὶ ἦσαν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ Ἰωσαβδὸσ Ἰησοῦ καὶ Μωὲθ Σαβάννου, οἱ Λευῖται— πρὸσ ἀριθμὸν καὶ ὁλκὴν ἅπαντα, καὶ ἐγράφη πᾶσα ἡ ὁλκὴ αὐτῶν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:62)
  • μὴ ἔριζε μετὰ ἀνθρώπου πλουσίου, μήποτε ἀντιστήσῃ σου τὴν ὁλκήν. πολλοὺσ γὰρ ἀπώλεσε τὸ χρυσίον καὶ καρδίασ βασιλέων ἐξέκλινε. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 8:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε καὶ χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ὁδῷ βαδίζων εὑρ͂εν, γραμματεῖον ἐν ἀγορᾷ προθεὶσ ἠξίου τὸν ἀπολέσαντα, ὅστισ εἰή τοῦ δακτυλίου δεσπότησ, ἥκειν καὶ εἰπόντα ὁλκὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ λίθον καὶ τύπον ἀπολαμβάνειν· (Lucian, (no name) 17:1)
  • ὁ χρυσὸσ δὲ κοῖλοσ ἡμῖν ἐμφαγεῖν, τὰ δὲ ἐκπώματα οὐ κοῦφα ὡσ τὰ Ἐχεκράτουσ, ἀλλὰ διτάλαντον ἕκαστον τὴν ὁλκήν. (Lucian, 36:1)

Synonyms

  1. drawing to oneself

Related

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

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