περιέλκω
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 574] (s. ἕλκω), herumziehen; πάλαι με περιέλκεις κύκλῳ, Plat. Charm. 174 b; u. pass., Prot. 352 c; herumschleppen, δόντα δίκην ὧν ἡμᾶς περιεῖλκε, Xen. An. 7, 6, 10; Sp., wie Luc. Dem. enc. 18 u. Plut.
