ὁλκ-ή,ἡ, (ἕλκω)
A. drawing, trailing, dragging,e. g. of the hair, A. Supp. 884 ;ἡ τῆς γνάψεως ὁ.thedrawingof the carding instrument in fulling cloth, Pl. Plt. 282e ;ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ.by onehaulorpull,
Arist. Mech. 853b1 ; ἡ ὁ. τοῦ ἀρότρου
S.E. P. 3.15
: metaph.,τοῖς δεινοῖς περὶ λόγων ὁλκήνskilled indrawingwordsto a false meaning,
Pl. Phlb. 57d .
2. inhalation(of vapour), Hp. Mul. 1.55 ;ὁ. πνεύματος drawing inof the breath, Arist. Spir. 482a15 ;τοῦ αἵματος suctionof blood by the cupping-bowl, Anon. in Rh. 170.8 .
3. ray, beam,prob. cj. forὁλκὸνin Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 35.19 .
II. a drawing onortowardsa thing, παιδεία ἔσθ' ἡ παίδων ὁ. καὶ ἀγωγὴ πρὸς τὸν λόγον
Pl. Lg. 659d
.
2. attraction, force of attraction,
Id. Ti. 80c ; of a magnet, Epicur. Fr. 293 (pl.), Ph. 1.34 ;ἡ ὁ. τῆς ὁμοιότητοςtheattractive forceof similarity, Pl. Cra. 435c .