περιέλκω
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
Att. aor. περιείλκῠσα, later
A -εῖλξα Philostr.Her.19.8 :—drag round, drag about, X.An.7.6.10 ; π. τινὰ ὡς ἀνδράποδον Arist.EN1145b24; π. [τὸν Ἕκτορα] τῷ τείχει Philostr. l.c. :—Pass., Hp.Fract.13, Art. 3, Pl.Prt.352c, Arist.EN1147b16. 2 metaph., π. τοὔνομα drag one's good name in the mire, Jul.Or.7.214d. 3 divert, distract, κύκλῳ π. τινά Pl.Chrm.174b ; π. διάνοιαν ἐπί τι Gal.6.851 :—Pass., ἀπό τινος εἴς τι Longin.15.11.
