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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

  • ἐπιπρὸ γὰρ ὁλκὸσ ἐτύχθη οὐρανίησ ἀκτῖνοσ, ὅπῃ καὶ ἀμεύσιμον ἠε͂ν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 6:3)
  • οὔθ’ ὁλκὸσ ἀπέτρεχεν, οὐ γυνά, οὔτ’ ὄρνισ ὅλον δέμασ, οὔτε θήρ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 63 1:2)

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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