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wool on the distaff ἠλάκᾰτα[ᾰκ],ων,τά , only in pl., A. wool on the distaff, ἠλάκατα στρωφῶς' ἁλιπόρφυρα Od. 6.53 , 306 , cf. 7.105 ; ἠ. στροφαλίζετε 18.315 ; ἠ. ἀνελισσομένης Alex.Aet. 3.4 .
of sea-purple, of true purple dye ἁλι-πόρφῠρος,ον, A. of sea-purple, of true purple dye,ἠλάκατα, φάρεα, Od. 6.53 , 13.108 ;οἶδμαArionl. 18 codd.; ὄρνις Alcm. 26.4 ; Νηρηίδες Him. Or. 16.2 .
distaff ἠλᾰκάτη[κᾰ], ἡ(so in Att. Inscrr., IG 22.1517.209 , butἠλεκ- SIG 2 588.17 (Delos,ii B.C.), AJA 17.162 (Cyrene), Sammelb. 5873 , cf. Hsch. ; A. v. ἠλεκάτιον ), Dor. ἠλᾰκάτᾱ E. Or. 1431 (l
twist στροφαλ-ίζω, lengthd. form ofστρέφω, ἠλάκατα ς. A. twistthe wool, i.e. spin, Od. 18.315 ; φόβην AP 6.218.8 ( Alc. ).
turn constantly στρωφάω, poet. and Ion. Frequentat. ofστρέφω, A. turn constantly,ἠλάκατα ς.keep turningthe wool, i.e. spin, Od. 6.53 , al.; πηδάλιον παλάμῃ steer, AP 9.242 ( Antiphil. ): metaph., β
Acut.(Sp. ἑλίσσωorἐλίσσω(the latter more freq. in codd. of Hom. ), Att. ἑλιξό-ττω, Ep. inf. A. -έμεν Il. 23.309 ; Ion. εἰλίσσωorεἱλίσσω(εἱ. is found in codd. of Hdt. (v. infr.), but κατ-ελίσσει