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ὁλκ-ός , ή, όν,
A.drawing to oneself, attractive, “θερμόν τε καὶ ὁ.” Arist.Pr.931a25 ; “μάθημα ψυχῆς ὁλκὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ γιγνομένου ἐπὶ τὸ ὄν” Pl.R.521d ; ὁλκὸν . . ψυχῆς πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ib.527b ; “ὁλκοτέρας τὰς ῥίζας ποιεῖν” Thphr. CP3.17.3 (ἑλκοτέρας cod. A: ἑλκτικωτέρας Wimmer).
II. trailing, “ὁλκὰ βαίνων” Hld.10.30. Adv. Comp. “-ότερον” slowly, Id.3.5.
III. possible, ὁλκά: δυνατά, Hsch.
IV. Pass., liable to be attracted, having a propensity, “ὁ. διάνοιαι παρθένων πρὸς ἀρετήν” Ph.2.229.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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