αὖλαξ (aulax)
aulax
a furrow
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Definition
1. a furrow made in ploughing, Lat. sulcus, (Homer), etc.; αὔλακ᾽ ἐλαύνειν to draw a furrow , (Hesiod)
2. metaphorically of a wife as the bearer of children , (Sophocles Tragicus)
3. metaphorically also, a furrow in the skin, a gash, wound , (Aeschulus Tragicus)
4. = ὄγμος, a swathe , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (Prob. from same Root as ὁλκός, Lat. sulcus, from ἕλκω.) (ML)
2. metaphorically of a wife as the bearer of children , (Sophocles Tragicus)
3. metaphorically also, a furrow in the skin, a gash, wound , (Aeschulus Tragicus)
4. = ὄγμος, a swathe , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (Prob. from same Root as ὁλκός, Lat. sulcus, from ἕλκω.) (ML)