θέλγητρον

A. charm, spell, in pl., Hld. 7.9: more usu. metaph., ὦ φίλον ὕπνου θ. E. Or. 211; πόθων θέλγητρα Ath. 5.22of; of music, Luc. Im. 14; of a city, Id. Scyth. 5; cf. θέλκτρον.