αὖλαξ
αὖλαξ
a furrow made in ploughing, Lat. sulcus, Hom., etc.; αὔλακʼ ἐλαύνειν to draw a furrow, Hes.
metaph. of a wife as the bearer of children, Soph., Eur.
metaph. also, a furrow in the skin, a gash, wound, Aesch., Eur.
= ὄγμος, a swathe, Theocr. (Prob. from same Root as ὁλκός, Lat. sulcus, from ἕλκω.)
Headword (normalized):
αὖλαξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αυλαξ
Intro Text:
αὖλαξ
a furrow made in ploughing, Lat. sulcus, Hom., etc.; αὔλακʼ ἐλαύνειν to draw a furrow, Hes.
metaph. of a wife as the bearer of children, Soph., Eur.
metaph. also, a furrow in the skin, a gash, wound, Aesch., Eur.
= ὄγμος, a swathe, Theocr. (Prob. from same Root as ὁλκός, Lat. sulcus, from ἕλκω.)
URN:
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