αὖλαξ, ᾰκος, ἡ
(also ὁ, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.274 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.13)] Refs 1st c.AD+], also ἄλοξ, οκος (which see); ὦλξ, found only in accusative ὦλκα, ὦλκα; Doric dialect ὦλαξ [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 625.38] Refs]:— furrow made in ploughing, [βόε] ἱεμένω κατὰ ὦλκα hastening along the furrow, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.707; κατὰ ὦλκας 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1054; εἰ ὦλκα διηνεκέα προταμοίμην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.375; [βόε] ἐρίσαντε ἐν αὔλακι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 439] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἰθεῖάν κ᾽ αὔλακ᾽ ἐλαύνοι[[ [prev. work] 443; ὀρθὰς αὔλακας.. ἤλαυνε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.227; ἀρότρῳ ἀναρρηγνύντες αὖλακας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.14; αἰθέρος αὔλακα τέμνων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1400 (Lyric poetry); ἐξ ἀλόκων ἐπετειᾶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1015; βαθεῖαν ἄλοκα διὰ φρενὸς καρπούμενος [prev. author] “Th.” 593; ἐν ἄλοκι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 234 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b furrow's breadth, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.8.7, “CP” 4.12.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, wife, σπείρειν τέκνων ἄλοκα[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 18] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ πατρῷαι ἄλοκες thy father's wife, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1211. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, furrow in the skin, gash, wound, ὄνυχος ἄλοκι νεοτόμῳ[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 25 (Lyric poetry); δορὸς ἄλοκα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 164 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the line drawn by the stile in writing, ποίαν αὔλακ;[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 782 (_anapaest meter_), compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.68 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator Aegypt.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]