ἠλᾰκάτη[κᾰ], ἡ(so in Att. Inscrr., IG 22.1517.209 , butἠλεκ-
SIG 2
588.17 (Delos,ii B.C.), AJA 17.162 (Cyrene), Sammelb. 5873 , cf. Hsch. ;
A.
v. ἠλεκάτιον ), Dor.
ἠλᾰκάτᾱ
E. Or. 1431 (lyr.), Aeol.
ἀλᾰκάτᾱ
Theoc. 28.1 (ᾱλ-also inχρυσᾱλάκατος, εὐᾱλάκατος, Dor.
ἠλ-is dub.):—distaff, Od. 4.135 , 1.357 , Il. 6.491 , E. l.c., etc.;ἡ ἠ. [τοῦ ἀτράκτου]the stalkof the spindle, Pl. R. 616c : metaph.,γηραιῇσι . . ἠλακάτῃσιwiththe fateof old age, IG 14.1389i18 .
II. ofdistaffshapedobjects:
1. one joint of a reedorcane, Thphr. HP 2.2.1 ;a reed,=δόναξ, Hsch. ;ὥσπερ ἠ., of the pistil of the citron-flower, Thphr. HP 1.13.4 , cf. 4.4.3 .
2. in Compds. (e.g.χρυσηλάκατος),arrow, Hsch.
3. the upper part of the mast, which was made to turn round, A.R. 1.565 (v. Sch.), Ath. 11.475a .