ὁλκ-αῖος,,α,ον, (ὁλκή)
A. drawn along, towed,of a ship (cf.ὁλκάς), Nic. Th. 268 : hence,trailing, dragging, σειρή,of a serpent, ib. 119 ;ἀτραπόςib. 160 ; κακά
Lyc. 216
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II. asSubst. ὁλκαία, Ion.
ὁλκαίη,ἡ,tail,because it istrailed along,
Nic. Th. 123 , 225 , A.R. 4.1614 ( v.l. ἀλκαία , which Schn. writes in Nic. ll. cc.).