ὁλκ-άς,άδος,ἡ,
A. ship which is towed: hence,trading vessel, merchantman,
Pi. N. 5.2 , Hdt. 3.135 , 7.25 , 137 , Lys. 32.25 ; ἐν ὁλκάσιν ἢ πλοίοις
Th. 7.7
, cf. X. Ath. 1.20 ; ὁ. σιταγωγοί
Th. 6.44
; οἰναγωγοί
Pherecr. 143.5
, cf. Cephisod. 10 : metaph., of women, AP 5.160 ; of Europa's bull, Nonn. D. 1.66 .
2. of stones,conveyedto the place of building, IG 11(2).199
A 79 (Delos,iii B. C.).
3. ὁλκάς: . . παρ' Ἀλκμᾶνι ἀειδῶν(i. e.ἀηδών,cf. Hsch.
s.v. ὁλκάς ), Cyr.Coisl. 394 ( Rh.Mus. 43.451 ).