ἕλκω (ἑλκύω late, [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
imperfect A) εἷλκον [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
Epic dialect ἕλκον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
future ἕλξω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist εἵλκῠσα [
Refs 5th c.BC+], Trag. and
Attic dialect, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later εἷλξα,
poetry ἕλξα [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:
perfect εἵλκῠκα [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
perfect participle ἑολκώς probably in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
middle,
future -ύσομαι (ἐφ-) [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
aorist εἱλκυσάμην (ἀφ-) variant in [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
subjunctive ἀφελκύσωμαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
future ἑλκυσθήσομαι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
aorist εἱλκύσθην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later εἵλχθην [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:
perfect εἵλκυσμαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
pluperfect εἵλκυστο [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —In _Attic dialect_, ἕλκω, ἕλξω were alone used in
present and
future, while the other tenses were formed from ἑλκυ; compare ἑλκέω (which see), ἑλκυστάζω. In [
Refs 8th c.BC+] rejected the augment (Cf. Latin
sulcus, Lithuanian
velkù 'drag'):—
draw, drag, with collateralnotion of force or exertion, ὣς εἰπὼν ποδὸς ἕλκε
began to drag [the dead body] by the foot, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
drag away a prisoner, [
Refs];
draw ships down to the sea, [
Refs], etc;
draw along a felled tree, [
Refs]; of mules,
draw a chariot, [
Refs]; ἑλκέμεναι νειοῖο. πηκτὸν ἄροτρον
draw the plough
through the field, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; περιβαλόντας σχοινία ἕ.
haul at them, [
Refs]
A.2)
draw after one, ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσ᾽ Ὠκεανῷ. φάος ἠελίοιο, ἕλκον νύκτα μέλαιναν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέδας ἕ.
trail fetters
after one, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. χλανίδα
let one's cloak
trail behind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.3)
tear in pieces (used by [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
worry, τὰς κύνας ὥλαφος ἕλκοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.3.b)
metaphorically,
carp at, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.4)
draw a bow, ἕλκε. γλυφίδας τε λαβὼν καὶ νεῦρα βόεια [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.5)
draw a sword, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
middle, ἕλκετο δ᾽ ἐκ κολεοῖο. ξίφος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.6) ἕ. ἱστία
hoist sails, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also in
middle,[
Refs]
A.7)
lift up scales, so as to poise them, ἕλκε δὲ μέσσα λαβών [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.II) after [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.II.1)
pull a barge-pole, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.II.2)
tow a ship, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.II.3)
drag into court, ἕλκω σε κλητεύσοντα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀγοράν [
NT];
drag about, especially with lewd violence, ἕλκει καὶ βιάζεται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἥλκυσμαι λαμπαδάρχης I
have been compelled to serve as λ, [
Refs]
A.II.4)
draw or
suck up, [ἥλιος] ἕλκει τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπ᾽ ἑωυτόν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. τὸν ἀέρα
draw it
in, breathe it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of persons drinking,
drink in long draughts, quaff, μέθυ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν. τοῦ Πραμνίου [σπονδήν] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶνον ἐκ. λεπαστῆς Telecl[
Refs 4th c.BC+]: with
accusative of the cup, δέπας μεστὸν. ἕλκουσι γνάθοις ἀπαύστοις [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; so ἕ. μαστόν
suck it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
inhale, ὀσμήν [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of roots,
draw up nourishment, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.II.5)
draw from a receptacle, ἐξ ἑκάστου κιβωτίου πινάκιον ἕν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.II.6) ἕ. βίοτον, ζόαν,
drag out a weary life, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; προφάσιας ἕ.
keep making excuses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. χρόνους
make long, in prosody, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+] that the conflict
dragged on, lasted, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, τῶν ἐγκλημάτων εἱκλυσμένων πλείονα χρόνον [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also of a person, ἑλκόμενος καὶ μόγις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.II.7) ἕ. κόρδακα
dance in
long, measured steps, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἓν τουτὶ (σχῆμα) [
Refs]
A.II.8)
draw to oneself, attract, of the magnet, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πείθειν καὶ ἑ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
draw on, ἐπὶ ἡδονάς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be drawn on as by a spell, ἴυγγι δ᾽ ἕλκομαι ἦτορ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.II.9) of things weighed, ἕ. σταθμὸν τάλαντα δέκα
draw down the balance, i.e.
weigh ten talents, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] whatever it
weigh, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλεῖον ἕ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.II.9.b) ἕ. τὰς ψήφους
cast up the account, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
A.II.10)
draw or
derive from a source, ἐντεῦθεν εἵλκυσεν ἐπὶ τὴν. τέχνην τὸ πρός φορον αὐτῇ [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
assume, μείζω φαντασίαν [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
A.II.11) ἑλκύσαι πλίνθους
make bricks, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. λάγανον Chrysipp. Tyan. cited in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
A.II.12) αἱ θυρίδες ἕλκουσι the win dows
draw in air, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.II.13) ἕ. ἑαυτόν, expressing some kind of athletic exercise, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B)
middle, ἕ. χαίτας ἐκ κεφαλῆς
tear one's hair, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀσσοτέρω πυρὸς ἕλκετο δίφρον
drew his chair nearer to the fire, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
B.2)
draw to oneself, scrape up, amass, τιμάς, ἄφενος ἕλκεσθαι, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
B.3) ἕλκεσθαι στάθμας περισσᾶς in [
Refs 5th c.BC+], means literal,
to drag at too great a line, i.e.
grasp more than one's due-- but whence the metaphor is taken remains unexplained.
C)
passive,
to be drawn or
wrenched, νῶτα. ἑλκόμενα στερεῶς, of wrestlers, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the nails, to be
curved, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
to close in when the core is removed, of the timber of certain trees, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
C.2)
to be drawn or
to flow at a place, of streams, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
C.3)
to be drawn or
contracted, εἱλκύσθη ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ τράχηλος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]