ὁλκή

ὁλκή, ἡ, (ἕλκω) A. drawing, trailing, dragging, e. g. of the hair, A. Supp. 884 ; ἡ τῆς γνάψεως ὁ. the drawing of the carding instrument in fulling cloth, Pl. Plt. 282e ; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ὁ. by one haul or pull, Arist. Mech. 853b1 ; ἡ ὁ. τοῦ ἀρότρου S.E. P. 3.15 : metaph., τοῖς δεινοῖς περὶ λόγων ὁλκήν skilled in drawing words to a false meaning, Pl. Phlb. 57d. 2. inhalation (of vapour), Hp. Mul. 1.55 ; ὁ. πνεύματος drawing in of the breath, Arist. Spir. 482a15 ; τοῦ αἵματος suction of blood by the cupping-bowl, Anon. in Rh. 170.8. 3. ray, beam, prob. cj. for ὁλκὸν in Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 35.19. II. a drawing on or towards a thing, παιδεία ἔσθʼ 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 ὁμοιότητος the attractive force of similarity, Pl. Cra. 435c. 3. tendency, διανοίας πρὸς τὸ ὄν Ph. 1.332. III. drawing down of the scale, weight, ὁ. ταλάντου χρυσίου Men. 383, cf. Arist. Mir. 833b10, Thphr. HP 9.16.8, Plb. 30.25.16, LXX 1 Es. 8.62(64), IG 22.659.27, 11(2).128.25 (Delos, iii B. C.), etc. ; ὁλκὴν ἄγειν weigh so much, Michel 836.30(Milet.), etc. 2. the drachma, as a weight, Dsc. 1.30, S.E. P. 1.81, Hero *Geom. 23.55, Gal. 19.752, Asclep. ap. eund.13.160, Ruf. Ren.Ves. 1.11.