μοκλός, μοχλός
(Phryn. Ecl. 277)

A. Main sources

(1) Phryn. Ecl. 277: μοκλὸν μὴ λέγε διὰ τοῦ κ, ἀδόκιμον γάρ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦ χ.

Do not say μοκλός (‘bar’) with κ, for it is not approved; instead, [say it] with χ.

B. Other erudite sources

(1) Orus fr. A 69 (= [Zonar.] 1512.12–8): πανδοκεῖον· οὐκ ἐν τῷ χ, πανδοχεῖον· καὶ μελανοδόκον καὶ τὰ ὅμοια οὕτως. τὸν δὲ μοχλὸν ἐν τῷ χ καὶ Ἀττικοὶ καὶ Δωριεῖς καὶ Ἴωνες πλὴν Ἀνακρέοντος. οὗτος δὲ μόνος σχεδὸν τῷ κ Ζηνόδοτος δὲ <***>: ‘καὶ οὐ μοκλὸν ἐν οὔρῃσι δίζησι βαλὼν | ἥσυχος καθεύδει’. καὶ ὁ σχινδαλμὸς ἐν τῷ χ.

Various supplements have been suggested after Ζηνόδοτος δέ, i.e.<μετεποίησεν (or μετέγραψεν) μοχλόν> by Alpers (comparing schol. Pi. O. 3.29 (= 52a Drachmann)), <μοχλόν> by Bergk (1882 vol. 3, 278), <‘χ’> by Kalinka (see Gentili 1958, 35 [fr. 45, apparatus]), <κάνταῦθα τῷ χ> by West. The text of Anacreon’s fragment was corrected by Bergk (see C.1); the translation follows the corrected text.

πανδοκεῖον (‘inn’): [It must not be pronounced] with χ, πανδοχεῖον. And [one must say] μελανοδόκον (‘inkstand’) and likewise all similar nouns (i.e., with κ). But Attic speakers, Doric speakers, and Ionic speakers [say] μοχλός with χ, except Anacreon. He is likely the only one [who uses it] with κ, and Zenodotus … : ‘Even if he does not put the bar on the double door, he sleeps without worry’ (fr. 6 West² = fr. 86 PMG = C.1). Also σχινδαλμός (‘splinter’) [must be pronounced] with χ.

C. Loci classici, other relevant texts

(1) Anacr. fr. 6 West² = fr. 86 PMG:
κοὐ μοκλὸν ἐν θύρῃσι διξῇσιν βαλὼν
        ἥσυχος κατεύδει (cf. B.1).

καὶ οὐ codd. : κοὐ Bergk (1882 vol. 3, 278 [fr. 88, apparatus]) | οὔρῃσι codd. : θύρῃσι ‘vir doctus’ in Baxter, Fischer (1793, 462), Bergk (1882 vol. 3, 278 [fr. 88, apparatus]) | δίζησι codd. : διξῇσιν Bergk (1882 vol. 3, 278 [fr. 88, apparatus]).

Even if he does not put the bar on the double door, he sleeps without worry.