The corpus record

ἕλξις

elxis · ἡ

dragging, trailing

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἕλξις · helxis — LSJ

dragging, trailing

dragging, trailing, τὰς Ἕκτορος ἕλξεις Pl. R. 391b; ἱματίων ἕλξεις Id. Alc. 1.122c.

2 attraction, attractive power

attraction, attractive power, Id. Ti. 80c, Hp. Gland. 7; ἕλξει ἐκ γῆς ἀναδίδοται τὰ σπέρματα Porph. Gaur. 3.3.

3 drawing

drawing of the bow, ἀπὸ τῆς χειρός Hero Bel. 75.10, cf. Philostr. Her. 11.

4 retching

retching, Hp. Coac. 55.

In the wild

ἕλξει · helxei Euripides, Trojan Women 3.*)androma/xh (DIORISIS sentence 354)
ἕλξεις · helxeis Plato, Alcibiades 1 122
ἕλξεων · helxeōn Plato, Laws 645
ἕλξεων · helxeōn Plato, Laws 645
ἕλξεως · helxeōs Plato, Timaeus 80 (DIORISIS sentence 764)
ἕλξεως · helxeōs Plotinus, Enneads 6.5 (DIORISIS sentence 5411)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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