- ἠλακάτη
- ἠλακάτηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `(wool on the) distaff', also metaph. of comparable objects (Ζ 491)Other forms: ἠλεκάτη (Delos, Cyrene a. o.), Aeol. ἀλακάτα (Theoc. 28, 1; but ἠλακάτα E. Or. 1431 [lyr.]) and χρυᾱλακ. Pi. (three times), εὐαλακ. Theoc. 22.Dialectal forms: Myk. a-ra-ka-te-ja nom. pl. f. `spinsters'Compounds: As 2. member e. g. in χρυσ-ηλάκατος (-ᾱλ- Pi.) `with golden distaff' (Il.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unknown. Solmsen assumed an Anatolian loan, Wortforsch. 121f. Prob. just Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,628
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.