ἠλάκατα

elakata

wool on the distaff

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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ἠλάκατα [ᾰκ], ων, τά, only in pl.,

wool on the distaff, ἠλάκατα στρωφῶσʼ ἁλιπόρφυρα Od. 6.53, 306, cf. 7.105; ἠ. στροφαλίζετε 18.315; ἠ. ἀνελισσομένης Alex.Aet. 3.4.