ἕλκω

ἕλκω ([full] ἑλκύω late, Tz.H.6.621), Il.24.52, etc., [tense] impf.

A

εἷλκον A.Fr.39

, etc., [dialect] Ep.

ἕλκον Il.4.213

,al. (never εἵλκυον): [tense] fut.

ἕλξω A.Supp.909

, etc., rarely ἑλκύσω [ῠ] Hp.Fract.2, Philem.174: [tense] aor.

εἵλκῠσα Batr.232

, Pi.N.7.103, Trag. and [dialect] Att., E.Ph.987, Ar.Nu.540, SIG2587.23, al., etc.;

ἥλκυσα IG11(2).287

B61 (Delos, ii B.C.), CIG4993,5006 (Egypt, iii A.D.); later εἷλξα, poet.

ἕλξα AP9.370

(Tib. Ill.), Orph.A.258, Gal.Nat.Fac.1.12: [tense] pf.

εἵλκῠκα D.22.59

; [tense] pf. part. ἑολκώς prob.in Epich. 177:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. -ύσομαι ([etym.] ἐφ-) Antyll. ap. Orib.6.10.9: [tense] aor. εἱλκυσάμην ([etym.] ἀφ-) v.l. in Hp.Art.11, subj.

ἀφελκύσωμαι Ar.Ach.1120

; rarely

εἱλξάμην Gal.4.534

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

ἑλκυσθήσομαι A.Th.614

([etym.] ξυγκαθ-), Lyc.358,

ἑλχθήσομαι Gal.UP7.7

: [tense] aor.

εἱλκύσθην Hp.Epid.4.14

, ([etym.] ἐξ-) Ar.Ec.688,

ἑλκ- Hdt.1.140

,

ἡλκ- IG12(7).115.11

([place name] Amorgos); later

εἵλχθην Ph.2.11

, Philostr.VA8.15, D.L.6.91: [tense] pf.

εἵλκυσμαι Hp.Superf. 16

, E.Rh.576,Ph.1.316, ([etym.] καθ-) Th.6.50, ἕλκυσμαι ([etym.] ἀν-) Hdt.9.98,

ἥλκυσμαι BGU1256.11

(ii B.C.): [tense] plpf.

εἵλκυστο Hp.Epid.4.36

.—In [dialect] Att., ἕλκω, ἕλξω were alone used in [tense] pres. and [tense] fut., while the other tenses were formed from ἑλκυ-; cf. ἑλκέω (q.v.), ἑλκυστάζω. In Hom., Aristarch. rejected the augm. (Cf. Lat. sulcus, Lith. velkù 'drag'):— draw, drag, with collat.notion of force or exertion, ὣς εἰπὼν ποδὸς ἕλκε began to drag [the dead body] by the foot, Il.13.383;

ἤν περ . . ποδῶν ἕλκωσι θύραζε Od.16.276

;

τινὰ τῆς ῥινός Luc.Herm.73

;

Ἕκτορα . . περὶ σῆμ' ἑτάροιο ἕλκει Il.24.52

; drag away a prisoner, 22.65 ([voice] Pass.); draw ships down to the sea, 2.152, etc.; draw along a felled tree, 17.743; of mules, draw a chariot, 24.324; ἑλκέμεναι νειοῖο . . πηκτὸν ἄροτρον draw the plough through the field, 10.353, cf. 23.518;

ἕ. τινὰ ἐπὶ κνάφου Hdt.1.92

; περιβαλόντας σχοινία ἕ. haul at them, Id.5.85.

2 draw after one,

ἐν δ' ἔπεσ' Ὠκεανῷ . . φάος ἠελίοιο, ἕλκον νύκτα μέλαιναν Il.8.486

; πέδας ἕ. trail fetters after one, Hdt.3.129; ἕ. χλανίδα let one's cloak trail behind, Ephipp.19(anap.);

θοἰμάτιον Archipp.45

.

3 tear in pieces (used by Hom. only in the form ἑλκέω)

, ὀνύχεσσι παρειάν E. Tr.280

; worry,

τὰς κύνας ὥλαφος ἕλκοι Theoc.1.135

;

ἑλκυσθῆναι ὑπὸ κυνός Hdt.1.140

.

b metaph., carp at, Pi.N.7.103.

4 draw a bow,

ἕλκε . . γλυφίδας τε λαβὼν καὶ νεῦρα βόεια Il.4.122

, cf. Od.21.419, Hdt. 3.21, X.An.4.2.28, etc.

5 draw a sword, S.Ant.1233, E.Rh.576 ([voice] Pass.):—[voice] Med.,

ἕλκετο δ' ἐκ κολεοῖο . . ξίφος Il.1.194

.

6 ἕ. ἱστία hoist sails, Od.2.426:—also in [voice] Med.,h.Bacch.32.

7 lift up scales, so as to poise them,

ἕλκε δὲ μέσσα λαβών Il.8.72

, 22.212.

II after Hom.,

1 pull a barge-pole, Hdt.1.194.

2 tow a ship, Th.2.90, etc.

3 drag into court,

ἕλκω σε κλητεύσοντα Ar.Nu.1218

, cf. 1004 ([voice] Pass.);

εἰς ἀγοράν Act.Ap.16.19

; drag about, esp. with lewd violence,

ἕλκει καὶ βιάζεται D.21.150

; μηδένα ἕλξειν μηδ' ὑβριεῖν ib. 221;

ἕλκειν γυναῖκα Lys.1.12

: metaph., ἄνω κάτω τοὺς λόγους ἕ. Pl. Tht.195c, cf. Arist.SE167a35;

ἡμέας ὁ καιρὸς ἕλκει Herod.2.10

; also ἥλκυσμαι λαμπαδάρχης I have been compelled to serve as λ., BGU l.c.

4 draw or suck up, [

ἥλιος] ἕλκει τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπ' ἑωυτόν Hdt.2.25

; ἕ. τὸν ἀέρα draw it in, breathe it, Hp.Aër.19, Ti.Locr.101d ([voice] Pass.), cf. Philyll.20: ζωὴν φύσιν Archel. ap. Antig.Mir.89; esp. of persons drinking, drink in long draughts, quaff,

μέθυ E.Ion1200

;

ἄμυστιν Id.Cyc.417

; τὴν . . τοῦ Πραμνίου [σπονδήν] Ar.Eq.107; οἶνον ἐκ . . λεπαστῆς TeleclId.24 (lyr.);

ἀπνευστί Antiph.74.14

, etc.: with acc. of the cup,

δέπας μεστὸν . . ἕλκουσι γνάθοις ἀπαύστοις Id.237

, cf. Eub. 56.7, al.; so ἕ. μαστόν suck it, E.Ph.987; inhale,

ὀσμήν Antig.Mir. 89

; of roots, draw up nourishment, Thphr.HP1.6.10: metaph., χανδὸν καὶ ἀμυστὶ τῶν μαθηυάτων ἕ. Eun.VSp.474D.

5 draw from a receptacle,

ἐξ ἑκάστου κιβωτίου πινάκιον ἕν Arist.Ath.64.1

.

6 ἕ. βίοτον, ζόαν, drag out a weary life, E.Or.207 (lyr.), Ph.1535 (lyr.); προφάσιας ἕ. keep making excuses, Hdt.6.86;

πάσας τε προφάσεις . . ἕλκουσι Ar.Lys.727

; ἕ. χρόνους make long, in prosody, Longin.Proll. Heph.p.83C.: hence intr., ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο λέγεται ἑλκύσαι τὴν σύστασιν . . that the conflict dragged on, lasted, Hdt.7.167, cf. PHib.1.83.9 (iii B.C.):—[voice] Pass.,

τῶν ἐγκλημάτων εἱκλυσμένων πλείονα χρόνον Supp.Epigr.2.281

(Delph., ii B.C.); also of a person,

ἑλκόμενος καὶ μόγις Pl. R.350d

.

7 ἕ. κόρδακα dance in long, measured steps, Ar.Nu.540; ἓν τουτὶ ([etym.] σχῆμα) Id.Pax328.

8 draw to oneself, attract, of the magnet, E.Fr.567; by spells,

τινὰ ποτὶ δῶμα Theoc.2.17

, cf.X.Mem.3.11.18, Plot.4.4.40, etc.; πείθειν καὶ ἑ. Pl.R.458d;

ἐχθροὺς ἐφ' ἑαυτόν D.22.59

; draw on,

ἐπὶ ἡδονάς Pl.Phdr.238a

;

εἰς τυραννίδας ἕ. τὰς πολιτείας Id.R.568c

:—[voice] Pass., to be drawn on as by a spell,

ἴυγγι δ' ἕλκομαι ἦτορ Pi.N.4.35

;

πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν Pl.R.494e

.

9 of things weighed, ἕ. σταθμὸν τάλαντα δέκα draw down the balance, i.e. weigh ten talents, Hdt.1.50, cf. Eup.116: abs., τὸ δ' ἂν ἑλκύσῃ whatever it weigh, Hdt. 2.65; πλεῖον ἕ. Pl.Min.316a.

b ἕ. τὰς ψήφους cast up the account, PPetr.2p.37 (iii B.C.), PHib.1.17.25 (iii B.C.).

10 draw or derive from a source,

ἐντεῦθεν εἵλκυσεν ἐπὶ τὴν . . τέχνην τὸ πρός φορον αὐτῇ Pl.Phdr.270a

, cf. Jul.Or.7.207a;

τὸ γένος ἀπό τινος Str.11.9.3

; assume,

μείζω φαντασίαν Plb.32.10.5

;

ὁ ἄρτος ἕλκει χρῶμα κάλλιστον Ath.3.113c

.

11 ἑλκύσαι πλίνθους make bricks, Hdt.1.179, cf. PPetr.3p.137; ἕ. λάγανον Chrysipp. Tyan. ap. Ath.14.647e.

12 αἱ θυρίδες ἕλκουσι the win dows draw in air, Thphr.Vent.29.

13 ἕ. ἑαυτόν, expressing some kind of athletic exercise, Pl.Prm. 135d.

B [voice] Med., ἕ. χαίτας ἐκ κεφαλῆς tear one's hair, Il.10.15; ἀσσοτέρω πυρὸς ἕλκετο δίφρον drew his chair nearer to the fire, Od.19.506, cf. Semon.7.26.

2 draw to oneself, scrape up, amass, τιμάς, ἄφενος ἕλκεσθαι, Thgn.30.

3 ἕλκεσθαι στάθμας περισσᾶς in Pi.P.2.90, means lit., to drag at too great a line, i.e.grasp more than one's due-- but whence the metaphor is taken remains unexplained.

C [voice] Pass., to be drawn or wrenched, νῶτα . . ἑλκόμενα στερεῶς, of wrestlers, Il.23.715; of the nails, to be curved, Hp.Morb.2.48; to close in when the core is removed, of the timber of certain trees, Thphr.HP5.5.2.

2 to be drawn or to flow at a place, of streams, Lyc.702;

πρὸς ἀντολίην ἕ. αἶα D.P.1086

.

3 to be drawn or contracted,

εἱλκύσθη ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ τράχηλος Hp.Epid.4.14

.