ἑλκύσω

ἕλκω

sulcus: aor subj act 1st sg

ἕλκω

sulcus: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

ἕλκω

sulcus: aor subj act 1st sg

ἕλκω

sulcus: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

παρέλκω, [tense] fut.

A

- ελκύσω LXX Si.29.8

(v.l. -ελκύσῃς): [tense] aor.

- είλκυσα Ar.Nu. 553

: [tense] pf.

- είλκυκα PMagd.6.10

(iii B. C.) : [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. - είλκυς μαι : — draw aside,

π. πραγμάτων ὀρθὰν ὁδόν Pi.O.7.46

; π. τὸ ἀκόντισμα draw it out sideways, Plu.Cam.2 ; π. ἑαυτόν withdraw secretly, Id.Cleom.8 ; π. τινὰ ἀπὸ .. Chrysipp. ap. D.L.7.182 (v. l.);

π. ἡ φαντασία πρός τι S.E.P.2.77

:—[voice] Med., draw aside to oneself, get hold of by craft,

οὕνεκα τῶν μὲν δῶρα παρέλκετο Od.18.282

.

2 lead alongside, as a led horse, Hdt.3.102 :—[voice] Med., ὁ ἐλαύνων τὸν ἕτερον παρέλκεται Harp.s.v. ἅμιπποι :—[voice] Pass., παρέλκεσθαι ἐκ γῆς to be towed from the bank, Hdt. 2.96.

3 κενὰς παρέλκειν ( τὰς κώπας, acc. to Sch.) pull them through the air, without dipping them, i. e. make a mere show of working, Ar. Pax 1306.

4 drag in, ὅταν ἀπορήσῃ.., τότε π. αὐτόν (sc. τὸν νοῦν) Arist.Metaph. 985a20 ; τὰ Ἰουδαϊκὰ εἰς τὸν μῦθον π. Plu.2.363d:— [voice] Pass., to be brought in as an accompaniment, Phld.Mus.p.95 K.

5 lug on the stage, or maul a play,

Εὔπολις μὲν τὸν Μαρικᾶν.. παρείλκυσεν Ar.Nu. 553

.

II spin out in time,

τὰ κατὰ τὸν κίνδυνον π. ὀλίγας ἡμέρας Plb.2.70.3

, etc.; μηδὲν παρέλκων without delay, SIG306.43 (Tegea, iv B. C.): c. acc., put off, fob off, τινα PMagd.l.c., etc.: abs., μὴ μύνῃσι παρέλκετε put not things off by excuses, Od.21.111 ; also

π. τὸν χρόνον D.H.2.45

, Luc.Am.54 :—[voice] Pass., to be delayed, Plb.5.30.5, 22.4.11, D.H.10.19.

III intr., to be prolonged, continue, Luc.Am.25, Eun.Hist.p.260 D.;

ἡδονῆς παρέλκοντα μέτρα Luc.Am.21

.

2 to be redundant,

περιττὰ καὶ παρέλκοντα Ph.1.227

, cf. Phld.D.3.14, Arr. Epict.1.7.29, S.E.P.2.175 ; περὶ τῶν παρελκόντων λόγων, title of work by Chrysippus, Stoic.2.7: so in Gramm.,

τὰ παρέλκοντα A.D.Pron. 3.6

:—[voice] Pass., τὰ ἐκ περιττοῦ παρελκόμενα τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασι things merely appended to the arts, extraneous additions to them, Plb.9.20.6, cf. D.H.4.20, Plu.2.386d, A.D.Pron.79.27.

IV intr., to be derived, ἀπό .. ib.6.16.

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.SE 167a35;

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. Ion 1200

;

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. Pax 328.

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

.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `draw, drag' (Il.).

Other forms: The non-present forma show three stems: 1. a lengthened stem ἑλκη-: ἑλκήσω, ἑλκῆσαι, ἑλκηθῆναι (Hom.), with ipf. εἵλκεον (Ρ 395; cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 348; s. also below); 2. ἑλκυ- (after synonymous ἐρῠ́-σαι): ἑλκύσαι (Pi., Att.), ἑλκυσθῆναι, εἵλκυσμαι (Ion.-Att.), ἑλκύσω (Hp.), εἵλκυκα (D.); 3. ἑλκ-: fut. ἕλξω (A.) and late ἕλξαι, ἑλχθῆναι; details in Schwyzer 721.

Compounds: Often with prefix: ἀν-, ἀφ-, ἐξ-, παρ- etc. As 1. member in the epithets ἑλκε-χίτωνες, ἑλκεσί-πεπλος, and ἑλκε-τρίβων (Pl.), ἑλκεσί-χειρος (AP); on ἑλκε(σι)- Knecht Τερψίμβροτος 29.

Derivatives: From ἑλκ-: ( ἔφ-)ἕλξις `drawing, dragging' (Hp., Pl.) with ( ἐφ-)ἑλκτικός (Pl.) and the pant names ἑλξί̄νη, ἑλξῖτις `bindweed' (Dsc., Ps.-Dsc., Redard Les noms grecs en - της 71), also ἑλκίνα (Ps.-Dsc. 4, 85; acc.?), ἕλκιμος `what can be drawn' (Olymp. in Mete. 320, 27; cf. Arbenz Die Adj. auf - ιμος 76, directly from ἑλκω); with ο-vocalism ὁλκός, ὁλκή, s. v. From ἑλκη- (old but rare) ἑλκηθμός `the drawing' (Ζ 465; cf. Benveniste Origines 201, Porzig Satzinhalte 236f.), ἕλκημα `what was dragged, booty' (E. HF 568; Chantr. Form. 178), ἕλκηθρον `coulter' (Thphr. HP 5, 7, 6; Strömberg Theophrastea 170); ἑλκητήρ `drawer' (AP 6, 297); ἑλκηδόν adv. `drawing' (Hes. Sc. 302). From ἑλκυ-, mostly late: ( ἀφ-, ἐφ-, παρ-)ἕλκυσις `the drawing' (LXX, Aret.), ἕλκυσμα = ἕλκημα (Man.), also `dross (of silver)' (Dsc., Gal.), ( ἐξ-, ἐφ-, δι-.) ἑλκυσμός `attraction etc.' (Chrysipp., medic., pap.); ἑλκυστήρ `drawer', `instrument for drawing out etc.' (Hp.), ἕλκυστρον `id.' (Apollod. Poliork.); ἑλκύσιμος, ἑλκυστήριος; sec. verb ἑλκυστάζω `draw' (Ψ 187 = Ω 21), expressive form after ῥυστάζω (Schwyzer 706, Risch 257).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [901] * selk-`draw'

Etymology: No cognate. An old iterative in Alb. helq, heq `draw (off)', IE *solkei̯ō; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 236f. Further Toch. B sälk- `draw out' with the nasal present slaṅk-tär; and Arm. heɫg `tardus, slow' (a-stem), Lat. sulcus `furrow', s. ὁλκός. - (Not to ἄλοξ.)

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ἕλκω impf. εἷλκον, ἧλκον (ApcMos; GJs, s. deStrycker 241f); fut. ἑλκύσω; 1 aor. εἵλκυσα; aor. pass. 3 sg. εἱλκύσθη Da 4:17a; for the forms w.-υ-s. Mlt-H. 236; B-D-F §101 p. 45 (Hom.; Pherecyd. 26; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 26:9 H; JosAs; ParJer 4:6; ApcMos 38; Joseph., Just., Mel., P. 56, 409) gener. ‘pull, drag, draw’.

① to move an object from one area to another in a pulling motion, draw, with implication that the object being moved is incapable of propelling itself or in the case of pers. is unwilling to do so voluntarily, in either case with implication of exertion on the part of the mover τὶ someth. a sword (Soph., Ant. 1233; Libanius, Or. 13 p. 73, 5 F. ξίφος) J 18:10; haul a net 21:6, 11. ἧλκεν τὴν πορφύραν (Mary) stretched (i.e. in a tugging motion) the purple (garment) GJs 11:1; ἔστρωσεν τὸν ὸ̓νον … καὶ ἧλκεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ (Joseph) saddled the ass … and his son guided it 17:2. τινά someone (Diod S 34 + 35 Fgm. 2, 14 τινὰ εἰς; Achilles Tat. 7, 15, 4 εἷλκόν με εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον, with ref. in the context to resistance; Jos., Bell. 1, 591 τινὰ εἰς.—Also Clearchus, Fgm. 73; Diod S 14, 5, 3 ἕ. τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν θάνατον) ἔξω τ. ἱεροῦ drag someone out of the temple Ac 21:30; εἰς τ. ἀγορὰν ἐπὶ τ. ἄρχοντας 16:19 (on the judicial implication s. Reader, Polemo 370); εἰς κριτήρια hale into court Js 2:6 (Herodas 5, 59 ἕ. τινὰ εἰς τὰς ἀνάγκας=to punishment; Just., A II, 12, 4 εἰς βασάνους). οἱ ἕλκοντες ἡμᾶς Ox 654, 10, [οἱ ἕλκον]τες ὑμᾶς 14 (cp. GTh 3; those who mislead us line10, is expanded by Dssm. [LO 365=LAE 427] w. εἰς τὰ κριτήρια; difft. by others. Actually nothing need be supplied, since ἕ. τινά means pull or tug someone back and forth, mistreat someone [Libanius, Or. 58 p. 183, 20 F. ἕλκων κάπηλον; cp. Jos., Bell. 1, 338 εἷλκεν τοὺς ἔνδοθεν]). Of stones ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἑλκομένους which were dragged out of the deep Hv 3, 2, 6; 3, 5, 2.

② to draw a pers. in the direction of values for inner life, draw, attract, an extended fig. use of mng. 1 (Pla., Phdr. 238a; Epict. 2, 20, 15 ἡ φύσις ἕλκει; Aelian, NA 4, 13; Porphyr., Marc. 16 μόνη ἡ ἀρετὴ τ. ψυχὴν ἄνω ἕλκει καὶ πρὸς τὸ συγγενές; Jer 38:3; SSol 1:4; 4 Macc 14:13; 15:11; Jos., Ant. 15, 27; Ath. 26, 1 περὶ τὰ εἴδωλα) J 6:44. ἕλκ. πρός with acc. (Hierocles 25 p. 477 it is said of God ἑλκύσαι πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους; Ath., R. 75, 20 ἑλκούσης … ἐπιθυμίας πρὸς τροφήν): πρὸς ἐμαυτόν 12:32.

③ to appear to be pulled in a certain direction, flow an ext. fig. use intr. flow along of a river ἦν ποταμὸς ἕλκων ἐκ δεξιῶν a river flowed along on the right B 11:10 (cp. Da 7:10 Theod.; TestSol 26:9 H).—B. 571. DELG. M-M. TW.