ἐξέλκω

ἐξέλκ-ω, fut. -έλξω Ar. Eq. 365 (Pors.): aor. 1 -είλκῠσα; inf. -ελκύσαι Id. Pax 315, 506:—Pass., -ελκυσθῇ Hdt. 2.70:—

• draw, drag out, Il. 23.762: c. gen. loci, Od. 5.432 (Pass.); φάσγανον . . ἐ. κολεοῦ E. Hec. 544; Ἑλλάδʼ ἐ. δουλίας rescue from slavery, Pi. P. 1.75; δύστηνον ἐ. πόδα, of a lame man, S. Ph. 291: abs., without πόδα, of one wounded, E. Andr. 1121; ἐξέλξω σε τῆς πυγῆς θύραζε Ar. Eq. 365 (Pors. for ἐξελῶ) ; ἐξελκύσαι τὴν πᾶσιν Εἰρήνην φίλην drag her out of the cave, Id. Pax 294, cf. 315, 506; rare in Prose, as Pl. R. 515e; ἐξελκυσθείς Arist. Pol. 1311b30; τέχναι τινὰ ἐ. τῆς πενίας Lib. Or. 39.14.

ἐξέλκω, herausziehen ; πηνίον ἐξέλκουσα παρὲκ μίτον Il. 23.762 ; θαλάμης, aus dem Schlupfwinkel, Od. 5.432 ; φάσγανον κολεοῦ Eur. Hec. 544 ; übertr., Ἑλλάδα δουλίας Pind. P. 1.75, aus der Knechtschaft erretten ; ἐξελκύσαι, inf. aor., Ar. Pax 315 ; πόδα πρός τι, den Fuß fortschleppen, Soph. Phil. 291 ; seltener in Prosa, πρὶν ἐξελκύσειεν εἰς τὸ φῶς Plat. Rep. VII.515e ; NT.

ἐξέλκω

[ἐξ- 1.]

• • 1

    To draw out Il. 4.214.

  • 2

    To draw or drag out of.

    With genit.: πουλύποδος θαλάμης ἐξελκομένοιο Od. 5.432.

  • 3

    To pull in a specified direction: πηνίον ἐξέλκουσα παρὲκ μίτον Il. 23.762.

ἐξέλκω

• 1drag out met., deliver c. acc. & gen. Ἑλλάδʼ ἐξέλκων βαρείας δουλίας P. 1.75

ἐξέλκω : draw out, w. gen., Od. 5.432; the thread of the woof through the warp, Il. 23.762.

ἐξέλκω aor1 -είλκυσα 3rd sg. pass. subj. -ελκυσθῇ

• • Ito draw or drag out, Il.
  • • 2to drag out from a place, c. gen., Od., Eur.
  • IIto drag along, Soph., Eur.