Εἰδύλλια (2.17)

ἕλκω

8 draw to oneself, attract, of the magnet, E. Fr. 567; by spells, τινὰ ποτὶ δῶμα Theoc. 2.17, cf. X. Mem. 3.11.18, Plot. 4.4.40, etc.; πείθειν καὶ ἑ. Pl. R. 458d; ἐχθροὺς ἐφʼ ἑαυτόν D. 22.59; draw on, ἐπὶ ἡδονάς Pl. Phdr. 238a; εἰς τυραννίδας ἕ. τὰς πολιτείας Id. R. 568c:— Pass., to be drawn on as by a spell, ἴυγγι δʼ ἕλκομαι ἦτορ Pi. N. 4.35; πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν Pl. R. 494e.

ἴυγξ

wryneck, Iynx torquilla, Arist. HA 504a12, PA 695a23, Ael. NA 6.19; used as a charm to recover unfaithful lovers, being bound to a revolving wheel, ἴ. τετράκναμος Pi. P. 4.214, cf. AP 5.204; ἕλκειν ἴυγγα ἐπί τινι X. Mem. 3.11.18; ἴ. ἕλκε τὺ τῆνον ἐμὸν ποτὶ δῶμα Theoc. 2.17: metaph., ἕλκομαι ἴυγγι ἦτορ as by the magic wheel, Pi. N. 4.35; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ἴυγγος τῷ κάλλει ἑλκόμενος Luc. Dom. 13.

κιναίδιον

Hsch., Phot.; = σεισοπυγίς, Sch. Theoc. 2.17.

ῥόμβος

2 magic wheel, spun alternately in each direction by the torsion of two cords passed through two holes in it, used as a love-charm, Luc. DMeretr. 4.5; called ἴυγξ in Theoc. 2.17, AP 5.204; Lat. rhombus, Prop. 2.28.35, Ov. Am. 1.8.7.

σεισοπυγίς

κιναίδιον), Cyran. 97, Suid. s.v. κίγχλος, Sch. Theoc. 2.17:— Dim. σεισο-πύγιον, τό, Cyran. l.c., Tz. H. 11.577.