ὅλκ-ιμος

ὅλκ-ῐμος, ον,

A capable of being drawn out, ductile, sticky, Hp.Art.36 ;

μέλι Dsc.2.82

;

ἔλαιον Plu.2.696c

; of a plaster, Gal.13.345.

II [voice] Act., drawing well, of a cupping instrument, Paul.Aeg.6.41 ([comp] Comp.).

III of a kind of pain in liver diseases, 'dragging', Archig. ap. Gal.8.87,111.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `dragging, drawing, towing, inhalation, draught, drink, attraction, drawing down of the scales = weight' (IA.).

Other forms: ὁλκός m. "drawer", `dragging machine for ships, remes' (Hdt., Th., S., E.), also `track, furrow' ("drawing to oneself"; Frisk Eranos 38, 43), `groove, crinkle' (E., Ar., hell.), also name of a spider (Dsc.; vgl. Gil Fernandez Nombres de insectos 155 f. w. lit.); adj. ὁλκός, -ή, - όν `drawing to oneself' (Pl., Arist.), `dragging on, leaning, tarrying' (Ph., Hld.).

Derivatives: ὁλκός m. "drawer", `dragging machine for ships, straps' (Hdt., Th., S., E.), also `track, furrow' ("drawing to oneself"; Frisk Eranos 38, 43), `groove, crinkle' (E., Ar., hell.), also nsma of a spider (Dsc.; cf. Gil Fernandez Nombres de insectos 155 f. w. lit.); adj. ὁλκός, -ή, - όν `drawing to oneself' (Pl., Arist.), `dragging on, leaning, tarrying' (Ph., Hld.). From ὁλκή: 1. ὁλκάς, - άδος f. `towed ship, trading ship' (Pi., IA.) with ὁλκαδι-κός (Arist.); 2. ὁλκεῖον (- ίον) n. `large bowl, large basin, out of which water is scooped' (com. a. inscr. since IV<sup>a</sup>; after ἀγγεῖον) with ὁλκίδιον (pap. III <sup>p</sup>); 3. ὁλκεῖς οἵ τὰ ἀμφίβληστρα ἐπισπῶνται H. (Boßhardt 79); 4. ὁλκαῖος `belonging to the drawing, making a convolution' (Nic., Lyc.), - αῖον n. `stern, sternpost' (A. R.), - αία, - αίη f. `tail' (Nic., A. R.); 5. ὅλκ-ιμος `drawable, bendable, viscous' (medic., Plu.), `useful for drawing' (Paul. Aeg.; Arbenz 75 f.; after στάσιμος?); 6. - ήεις `weighty' (Nic.); 7. - άζω `to draw' (pap., H.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [901] * selk- `draw'

Etymology: Verbal nouns from ἕλκω after wellknown patterns; can be identical with ὁλκός Lat. sulcus m. `furrow' (cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 256), if not rather with zero grade to OE sulh f. `plough, surrow' (IE *sl̥k-), s. Porzig Gliederung 111. Further s. ἕλκω and WP. 2, 507 f., Pok. 901, W.-Hofmann s. sulcus w. lit..

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