καθέλκω

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fut.

   A 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.):    1 of ships, draw to the sea, launch, E.Hel. 1531, Ar.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.    2 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.    3 in building, carry down, τὰ σκέλη καθείλκυσται the long walls have been carried down to the sea, Str.8.6.22.    II metaph., drag down, τὸ Χεῖρον . . καθελκυσθὲν συνεφελκύσασθαι τὸ μέσον Plot.2.9.2, cf. Luc.Apol.11.    2 constrain. compel, BGU648.12 (ii A.D.), POxy.899.25 (iii A.D.); τινὰ εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν Lib.Or.15.29 (Pass.).