ἕλκον

ἕλκω

sulcus: pres part act masc voc sg

ἕλκω

sulcus: pres part act neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἕλκω

sulcus: imperf ind act 3rd pl (homeric ionic)

ἕλκω

sulcus: imperf ind act 1st sg (homeric ionic)

ἕλκω

sulcus: pres part act masc voc sg

ἕλκω

sulcus: pres part act neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἕλκω

sulcus: imperf ind act 3rd pl (homeric ionic)

ἕλκω

sulcus: imperf ind act 1st sg (homeric ionic)

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

.

τετρά-κυκλος [ᾰ], ον,

A four-wheeled,

ἕλκον τ. ἀπήνην Il.24.324

;

ἄμαξαι ἐσθλαὶ τετράκυκλοι Od.9.242

, cf. Hdt.1.188, 2.63, Hp.Aër.18: as Subst., four-wheeled wagon,

τροχοὶ τετρακύκλου IG12.313.116

. [[pron. full] ᾱ only in Od. l.c., where Bentley conjectured τεσσαράκυκλοι.]

ἀπήνη [pron. full] [ᾰ], ἡ,

A four-wheeled wagon, drawn by mules,

ἡμίονοι ἕλκον τετράκυκλον ἀπήνην Il.24.324

, cf. Od.6.57 with 69,72,73,82; much the same as ἅμαξα, cf. Il.24.266 with 324, Od.6.72 with 73: of a racing-car, drawn by mules,

ἡμιόνοις ξεστᾷ τ' ἀπήνᾳ Pi.P.4.94

, cf. O. 5.3, Arist.Fr. 568;

ἦν γὰρ δὴ ἀπήνη.. ἡμιόνους ἀνθ' ἵππων ἔχουσα Paus. 5.9.2

.

2 later, any car or chariot, A.Ag. 906, S.OT 753; ἀ. πωλική ib. 803; war-chariot, Str.4.5.2; cf. καπάνα.

3 metaph., any conveyance,

νατα ἀ.

ship,

E.Med. 1123

;

πλωταῖς ἀπήνῃσι Lyr.Adesp.117

( = Trag.Adesp.142); τετραβάμονος ὡς ὑπ' ἀπήνας, of the Trojan horse, E.Tr. 517 (lyr.).

4 metaph., like ζεῦγος, pair, e.g. of brothers,

ἀ. ὁμόπτερος Id.Ph. 329

(lyr.).

5 in pl., the alae nasi, Poll.2.80.

ἱστίον, τό (Dim. of ἱστός in form only),

A web, cloth, sheet: hence in pl., hangings, LXXEx.27.9,15; as a measure, piece, PRyl.70.25 (ii B.C.); but,

II from Hom. downwds., sail, mostly in pl. ἱστία, ἕλκον δ' ἱστία λευκὰ.. βοεῦσιν they hauled them up with ox-hide ropes, Od.2.426; τέταθ' ἱστία the sails were spread, 11.11, cf. Pi. N.5.51; ἱστία στέλλεσθαι, μηρύεσθαι, καθελεῖν, to lower or furl sail (v. sub vocc.):

λύειν Od.15.496

;

ἱστίοισι χρᾶσθαι Hdt.4.110

;

ἄκροισι χρώμενος τοῖς ἱστίοις Ar.Ra. 1000

: prov., πλήρεσιν ἱ. under full sail, with all one's might, Philostr.VS1.25.5, cf. Suid.: rarely in sg.,

ἐν δ' ἄνεμος πρῆσεν μέσον ἱστίον Il.1.481

;

ἐξίει ἱ. ἀνεμόεν Pi.P.1.92

;

ἱστίῳ καταπετάσαι τινά Pl.Prm. 131b

, cf. PMagd.11.7 (iii B.C.).

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.