αὖλαξ

A. furrow made in ploughing, [βόε] ἱεμένω κατὰ ὦλκα hastening along the furrow, Il. 13.707; κατὰ ὦλκας A.R. 3.1054; εἰ ὦλκα διηνεκέα προταμοίμην Od. 18.375; [βόε] ἐρίσαντε ἐν αὔλακι Hes. Op. 439; ἰθεῖάν κ’ αὔλακ’ ἐλαύνοι ib.443; ὀρθὰς αὔλακας . . ἤλαυνε Pi. P. 4.227; ἀρότρῳ ἀναρρηγνύντες αὖλακας Hdt. 2.14; αἰθέρος αὔλακα τέμνων Ar. Av. 1400 (lyr.); ἐξ ἀλόκων ἐπετειᾶν A. Ag. 1015; βαθεῖαν ἄλοκα διὰ φρενὸς καρπούμενος Id. Th. 593; ἐν ἄλοκι Ar. Av. 234 (lyr.).

b. furrow's breadth, Thphr. HP 8.8.7, CP 4.12.1.

2. metaph., wife, σπείρειν τέκνων ἄλοκα E. Ph. 18; αἱ πατρῷαι ἄλοκες thy father's wife, S. OT 1211.

3. metaph., furrow in the skin, gash, wound, ὄνυχος ἄλοκι νεοτόμῳ A. Ch. 25 (lyr.); δορὸς ἄλοκα E. HF 164; of the line drawn by the stile in writing, ποίαν αὔλακα; Ar. Th. 782 (anap.), cf. AP 6.68 (Jul. Aegypt.).

4. swathe, Theoc. 10.6.

5. αὖ. ὑδροφόρος aque-duct, IG 14.453 (Catana).

b. αὔλακας· κοίλους τόπους, Hsch.— Chiefly poet., never in good Att. Prose; Hom. only in acc. ὦλκα; αὖλαξ only is used by Pi. and Hdt., ἄλοξ only by Trag.; both αὖλαξ and ἄλοξ by Ar. (Cf. Lac. εὐλάκα 'plough', Lith. velkù, Slav. vlěką 'pull'.)