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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. καθέλξω Ar.''Ra.''1398, καθελκύσω Luc.''DDeor.''21.1: aor. part. καθελκύσαντες Th.6.34: pf. καθείλκῠκα D.5.12:—Pass., aor. and pf. (v. infr.):<br><span class="bld">1</span> of ships, [[draw to the sea]], [[launch]], E.''Hel.'' 1531, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''544, ''Eq.''1315, Isoc.4.118; καθεῖλκον ναῦς ἐς τὸν Πειραιᾶ Th.2.94: abs., Phld.''Mus.''p.15 K.,al.:—Pass., τῶν νεῶν κατελκυσθεισέων ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt.7.100; εἴ τι ναυτικόν ἐστι καθειλκυς μένον Th.6.50.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[draw down]], [[depress]] the scale, Ar.''Ra.''1398: metaph., [[outweigh]], καθέλκει δρῦν πολὺ τὴν μακρὴν ὄμπνια Θεσμοφόρος Call.''Aet. Oxy.''2079.9; [ἡ τροφὴ] τοῖς λοιποῖς… ἰσοσθενεῖ καὶ κ. τὰ πάντα Gal. 19.190.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in building, [[carry down]], <b class="b3">τὰ σκέλη καθείλκυσται</b> the long walls [[have been carried down to the sea]], Str.8.6.22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[drag down]], τὸ Χεῖρον… καθελκυσθὲν συνεφελκύσασθαι τὸ μέσον Plot.2.9.2, cf. Luc.''Apol.''11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> constrain. compel, ''BGU''648.12 (ii A.D.), ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''899.25 (iii A.D.); τινὰ εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν Lib.''Or.''15.29 (Pass.).