pull
pull
v. trans.
P. and V. ἕλκειν, ἐφέλκειν, ἐπισπᾶν, Ar. and V. σπᾶν.
Absol., give a pull: Ar. ὑ̆ποτείνειν (Pax. 458).
Row: Ar. and P. ἐλαύνειν, V. ἐρέσσειν.
Pull away: P. and V. ἀ̆ποσπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν.
Pull back: P. and V. ἀ̆νασπᾶν, Ar. and V. ἀντισπᾶν.
Pull down: P. and V. κᾰθέλκειν, κᾰτασπᾶν.
Dismantle: P. and V. ἀ̆νασπᾶν, κᾰθαιρεῖν, P. περιαιρεῖν.
Pull from under: P. and V. ὑ̆ποσπᾶν, Ar. and P. ὑ̆φέλκειν.
Pull in an opposite direction: P. ἀνθέλκειν, Ar. and V. ἀντισπᾶν.
Pull off: P. and V. ἀ̆ποσπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν.
Strip off: see strip.
Pull out: P. and V. ἐξέλκειν (Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. ἐκσπᾶν.
Pull to: P. ἐπισπᾶν.
Pull together. When might and right pull together, what pair more potent than this? V. ὅπου γὰρ ἰσχὺς συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκη, ποία ξυνωρὶς τῆσδε καρτερωτέρα; (Aesch. Frag.).
Pull up: Ar. and P. ἀ̆νέλκειν.
Uproot: Ar. and P. ἐξορύσσειν, P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν ; see uproot.
v. trans.
P. and V. ἕλκειν, ἐφέλκειν, ἐπισπᾶν, Ar. and V. σπᾶν.
Absol., give a pull: Ar. ὑ̆ποτείνειν (Pax. 458).
Row: Ar. and P. ἐλαύνειν, V. ἐρέσσειν.
Pull away: P. and V. ἀ̆ποσπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν.
Pull back: P. and V. ἀ̆νασπᾶν, Ar. and V. ἀντισπᾶν.
Pull down: P. and V. κᾰθέλκειν, κᾰτασπᾶν.
Dismantle: P. and V. ἀ̆νασπᾶν, κᾰθαιρεῖν, P. περιαιρεῖν.
Pull from under: P. and V. ὑ̆ποσπᾶν, Ar. and P. ὑ̆φέλκειν.
Pull in an opposite direction: P. ἀνθέλκειν, Ar. and V. ἀντισπᾶν.
Pull off: P. and V. ἀ̆ποσπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν.
Strip off: see strip.
Pull out: P. and V. ἐξέλκειν (Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. ἐκσπᾶν.
Pull to: P. ἐπισπᾶν.
Pull together. When might and right pull together, what pair more potent than this? V. ὅπου γὰρ ἰσχὺς συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκη, ποία ξυνωρὶς τῆσδε καρτερωτέρα; (Aesch. Frag.).
Pull up: Ar. and P. ἀ̆νέλκειν.
Uproot: Ar. and P. ἐξορύσσειν, P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν ; see uproot.
pull
subs.
Use effort.
subs.
Use effort.
PULL
v. trahere: attrahere (to pull toward one’s self). To pull back retrahere: to pull down (aedificium) destruere (opposed to construere) demoliri (with violence): evertere (e.g. a statue): disjicere (e.g. walls fortifications statues): discutere (to shatter to pieces; a column part of a wall etc.).
To PULL OFF detrahere alicui aliquid de aliqua re; abscindere (☞ not abscidere); avellere (to pluck off pull off): abrumpere (to break off): to pull off fruit from trees poma ex arboribus avellere (Cic. de Sen. 19 71 Orelli): to pull off bars from doors claustra portarum avellere: to pull off clothes exuere (opposed to induere; to be distinguished from deponere to put off; opposed to amicire): to pull off anyone’s clothes exuere aliquem veste; exuere or detrahere alicui vestem; one’s own clothes se exuere vestibus; vestes sibi detrahere: to pull off anyone’s shoes aliquem excalceare; one’s own shoes excalceari excalceare pedes: to make another pull off one’s shoes pedes excalceandos praebere alicui.
To PULL OUT PULL UP vellere evellere; revellere (to tear away): intervellere (to pull out here and there to pull out in part): eruere (PROP. to dig out; eyes and teeth): extrahere (to draw out). To pull up by the roots radicitus vellere evellere extrahere; exstirpare: to pull out a tooth dentem evellere (alicui); dentem eximere (alicui): to pull out one’s eyes oculos alicui eripere or eruere.
v. trahere: attrahere (to pull toward one’s self). To pull back retrahere: to pull down (aedificium) destruere (opposed to construere) demoliri (with violence): evertere (e.g. a statue): disjicere (e.g. walls fortifications statues): discutere (to shatter to pieces; a column part of a wall etc.).
To PULL OFF detrahere alicui aliquid de aliqua re; abscindere (☞ not abscidere); avellere (to pluck off pull off): abrumpere (to break off): to pull off fruit from trees poma ex arboribus avellere (Cic. de Sen. 19 71 Orelli): to pull off bars from doors claustra portarum avellere: to pull off clothes exuere (opposed to induere; to be distinguished from deponere to put off; opposed to amicire): to pull off anyone’s clothes exuere aliquem veste; exuere or detrahere alicui vestem; one’s own clothes se exuere vestibus; vestes sibi detrahere: to pull off anyone’s shoes aliquem excalceare; one’s own shoes excalceari excalceare pedes: to make another pull off one’s shoes pedes excalceandos praebere alicui.
To PULL OUT PULL UP vellere evellere; revellere (to tear away): intervellere (to pull out here and there to pull out in part): eruere (PROP. to dig out; eyes and teeth): extrahere (to draw out). To pull up by the roots radicitus vellere evellere extrahere; exstirpare: to pull out a tooth dentem evellere (alicui); dentem eximere (alicui): to pull out one’s eyes oculos alicui eripere or eruere.
s. tractus -ūs; or rather by the verbs.
pull (v.):
A. Trans.: To pull at, twitch, pluck: vello, velli, vulsum, 3, and vellĭco, 1: vellere coepi et prensare manu lentissima brachia, Hor. Sat. 1, 9, 63: esp. to p. or twitch the ear as a "gentle hint:" vellicata blande auricula suscitavit, Paul. Nol. Ep. 36, 3: puer, quid fieret interrogatus, a paedagogo se vellicari respondet, that his master pulled his ears, Quint. 6, 1, 41: fig., cum canerem reges et proelia, Cynthius aurem vellit, et admonuit, etc., Virg. E. 6, 4: vellit saepius aurem invida paupertas, Calp. E. 4, 155. In this senseTO PULL is usu. followed by a prep.: v. TO PULL AWAY , DOWN , etc.
B. Intrans., to seek to move by applying force: expr. by nītor, enitor: vires adhibeo s. admoveo, etc.: pull with all your might, men, *totas, viri, adhibete vires: with all their p.ing they could not stir the chariot, *quamvis intentis niterentur viribus currum loco movere non poterant: the waters foam as they p. (in rowing) spumant adductis freta versa lacertis, Virg. Aen. 5, 141: now, now, p. at your oars! nunc, nunc, insurgite remis! ib. 189.
A. Trans.: To pull at, twitch, pluck: vello, velli, vulsum, 3, and vellĭco, 1: vellere coepi et prensare manu lentissima brachia, Hor. Sat. 1, 9, 63: esp. to p. or twitch the ear as a "gentle hint:" vellicata blande auricula suscitavit, Paul. Nol. Ep. 36, 3: puer, quid fieret interrogatus, a paedagogo se vellicari respondet, that his master pulled his ears, Quint. 6, 1, 41: fig., cum canerem reges et proelia, Cynthius aurem vellit, et admonuit, etc., Virg. E. 6, 4: vellit saepius aurem invida paupertas, Calp. E. 4, 155. In this sense
B. Intrans., to seek to move by applying force: expr. by nītor, enitor: vires adhibeo s. admoveo, etc.: pull with all your might, men, *totas, viri, adhibete vires: with all their p.ing they could not stir the chariot, *quamvis intentis niterentur viribus currum loco movere non poterant: the waters foam as they p. (in rowing) spumant adductis freta versa lacertis, Virg. Aen. 5, 141: now, now, p. at your oars! nunc, nunc, insurgite remis! ib. 189.
pull (s.): The act of pulling:
1. tractus, ūs: a steady p., modicus t., Plin. 9, 46, 70 (tractatus, Sillig).
2. nīsus, ūs (any effort; as in Quint. 8, 4, 9, ad summum non pervenit nisu sed impetu): v.EFFORT , EXERTION .
1. tractus, ūs: a steady p., modicus t., Plin. 9, 46, 70 (tractatus, Sillig).
2. nīsus, ūs (any effort; as in Quint. 8, 4, 9, ad summum non pervenit nisu sed impetu): v.
appearing fewer than 50 times
προδιασύρωto pull in pieces
ψάλλω
to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch
ἀποσκύλλω
pull, tear off
ἐφολκή
tension, pull