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εὐλάκα

εὐλάκα, a ploughshare

εὐλάκα, ἡ, Dor. word, ἀργυρέᾳ εὐλάκᾳ εὐλαξεῖν (Lacon. fut. inf.),
  • should plough with silver ploughshare, intimating that there would be a dearth, corn being worth its weight in silver, Orac. ap. Th. 5.16 (v.l. εὐλάχα, Phot.).—Neither Verb nor Noun occurs elsewh. (Cf. αὐλάχα, αὖλαξ.)

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