ὁλκ-ή, ἡ,
(ἕλκω) drawing, trailing, dragging, e. g. of the hair, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 884 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τῆς γνάψεως ὁ. the drawing of the carding instrument in fulling cloth, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 282e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ. by one haul or pull, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 853b1; ἡ ὁ. τοῦ ἀρότρου 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.15: _metaphorically_, τοῖς δεινοῖς περὶ λόγων ὁλκήν] Refs 4th c.BC+] skilled in drawing words to a false meaning, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 57d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 inhalation (of vapour), [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. πνεύματος drawing in of the breath, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Spiritu” 482a15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦ αἵματος suction of blood by the cupping-bowl, [[ Anonymus “in Rh.” 170.8. ] Refs]
__3 ray, beam, probably conjecture for ὁλκὸν in [[ “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 35.19. ] Refs]
__II a drawing on or towards a thing, παιδεία ἔσθ᾽ ἡ παίδων ὁ. καὶ ἀγωγὴ πρὸς τὸν λόγον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 attraction, force of attraction, [[ [prev. author] “Ti.” 80c ] Refs]; of a magnet, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 293 (_plural_), 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.34 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ὁ. τῆς ὁμοιότητος the attractive force of similarity, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 435c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]