| |Definition=Ion. [[ἐπέλκω]], fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐφέλξω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>632</span>: aor. 1 inf. ἐφελκύσαι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>30.10</span>:—Med., fut. ἐφελκύσομαι <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>50.21</span>: aor. 1 part. ἐφελκυσάμενος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.1.10</span>: (Hom. only in Med. and Pass., v. infr. ''ΙΙ'', ''III''):—[[drag]] or [[trail after]] one, <b class="b3">ἐ. τὰς [οὐράς</b>], of [[long-tailed]] [[sheep]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.113</span>; <b class="b3">ἵππον ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἐ</b>. to [[lead]] a [[horse]] by a [[rein]] upon the arm, <span class="bibl">Id.5.12</span>; <b class="b3">ναῦς ὣς ἐφέλξω</b> will take in [[tow]], E. [[l.c.]], cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ξύλον</b>, of a log tied to the leg, <span class="bibl">Polyzel.3</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη ἐφέλκουσιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἐμπρόσθια</b> [[drag forward]], in the disease of horses called [[εἰλεός]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>604b1</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς ὁπλὰς καὶ τὰ ἰσχία ἐ</b>. [[draw]] them [[up]], ib.<span class="bibl">18</span>, cf. <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>121. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[bring on]], [[bring in its train]] (v. infr. 111.4), πολλὰς ἐφέλκων ξυμφοράς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>552</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>1149</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span> 776</span> (lyr.); ἄλλην αἴσθησιν μετὰ τοῦ λογις μοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>65e</span>:—Med., <span class="title">AP</span>10.37 (Luc.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[draw]] or [[drink off]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>151</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. πλείους ἡμέρας</b> [[delay]] for several days, Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span> l. c.:—Pass., [[τὰ ἐφελκόμενα]] = [[arrears]] of [[payment]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.151</span> (iii B. C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.350.4</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>50.33</span> (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐφέλκεται τῷ Φιλίππῳ</b> he [[is in arrears]] of tax-payments to P. (the tax-collector), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.108</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b3">ἐφελκομένοισι πόδεσσιν</b> with feet [[trailing after]] him, of one who is [[drag]]ged [[lifeless]] away, <span class="bibl">Il.23.696</span>; τὸ δ' ἐφέλκετο μείλινον ἔγχος <span class="bibl">13.597</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ λίθος ὄπισθε ἐπελκόμενος</b> [[dragging behind]] (the [[boat]]), <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.96</span>; of camels, <span class="bibl">Id.3.105</span>; also [[οἱ ἐπελκόμενοι]] the [[straggler]]s of an [[army]], <span class="bibl">Id.4.203</span>; <b class="b3">ομένη προθυμία</b> [[lagging]], [[tardy]], <span class="bibl">Plb.9.40.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be attracted]], ῥείθροισιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>19.9</span>; <b class="b3">μηδὲ . . τούτῳ ἐφέλκεσθαι</b> [[be]] not [[led away]] by this [[argument]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Med. like Act., [[drag after one]], <b class="b3">χωλαίνει καὶ ἐφέλκεται</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸν πόδα</b>) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>795b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antip.Stoic.3.256</span>; τἆλλα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>544e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[draw to oneself]], [[attract]], <b class="b3">αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐφέλκεται ἄνδρα σίδηρος</b> the very sight of iron (i.e. arms) [[draw]]s men [[on]], i.e. [[tempts]] them [[to use them]], <span class="bibl">Od. 16.294</span>, <span class="bibl">19.13</span>; ὕδωρ ἐπ' ἑωυτὸν ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.50</span>; ἐ. τινὰ πρός τι <span class="bibl">Plb.9.1.3</span>; of flowers, ἠϊθέας ἐφελκόμεναι χροιῇσι Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>74.65; κάλλεϊ . . πάντας ἐ. <span class="title">APl.</span>4.288 (Leont.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[draw]] or [[pull to]], τὴν θύραν ἐφελκύσασθαι <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Am.</span>16</span>; προστίθησι τὴν θύραν καὶ τὴν κλεῖν ἐφέλκεται <span class="bibl">Lys.1.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὀφρῦν</b> to frown, <span class="title">AP</span>7.440 (Leon.); ἐ. κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς τὸ ἱμάτιον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>66</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pomp.</span>79</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[bring on]] [[consequence]]s, πόλλ' ἐφέλκεται φυγὴ κακά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>462</span>; ὃ καὶ σίδηρον ἀγχόνας τ' ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>362.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Decent.</span>1</span>; κινδύνους <span class="bibl">Isoc. <span class="title">Ep.</span>4.6</span>; τοὔμπαλιν οὗ βούλονται ἐ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.4.32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[claim for oneself]], [[assume]], ἀλλότριον κάλλος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>465b</span>; Μοῦσαν ὀθνείην <span class="title">AP</span>9.434 (Theoc., = p.xvi W.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[drag behind one as inferior]], i.e. [[surpass]], τινὰ κάρτεϊ <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1162</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> Gramm., [[attract to the close of a word]], τὸ νῦ δἰ εὐφωνίαν <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>175</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.52.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. ἄσθμα</b> [[draw]] a [[deep]] [[breath]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.22</span>.</span> | | |Definition=Ion. [[ἐπέλκω]], <span class="bld">A</span> fut. ἐφέλξω E.''HF''632: aor. 1 inf. ἐφελκύσαι [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''30.10:—Med., fut. ἐφελκύσομαι A.D.''Synt.''50.21: aor. 1 part. ἐφελκυσάμενος [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 5.1.10: (Hom. only in Med. and Pass., v. infr. ''ΙΙ'', ''III''):—[[drag]] or [[trail after]] one, <b class="b3">ἐ. τὰς [οὐράς]</b>, of [[long-tailed]] [[sheep]], Hdt.3.113; <b class="b3">ἵππον ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἐ.</b> to [[lead]] a [[horse]] by a [[rein]] upon the arm, Id.5.12; <b class="b3">ναῦς ὣς ἐφέλξω</b> will take in [[tow]], E. [[l.c.]], cf. Th.4.26; <b class="b3">ἐ. ξύλον</b>, of a log tied to the leg, Polyzel.3; <b class="b3">τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη ἐφέλκουσιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἐμπρόσθια</b> [[drag forward]], in the disease of horses called [[εἰλεός]], Arist.''HA''604b1; <b class="b3">τὰς ὁπλὰς καὶ τὰ ἰσχία ἐ.</b> [[draw]] them [[up]], ib.18, cf. ''Hippiatr.''121.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bring on]], [[bring in its train]] (v. infr. 111.4), πολλὰς ἐφέλκων ξυμφοράς E.''Med.''552, cf. ''Ion''1149, ''HF'' 776 (lyr.); ἄλλην αἴσθησιν μετὰ τοῦ λογις μοῦ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 65e:—Med., ''AP''10.37 (Luc.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[draw]] or [[drink off]], E.''Cyc.''151.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. πλείους ἡμέρας</b> [[delay]] for several days, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]'' l. c.:—Pass., [[τὰ ἐφελκόμενα]] = [[arrears]] of [[payment]], ''PPetr.''3p.151 (iii B. C.), cf. ''PSI''4.350.4 (iii B.C.), ''UPZ''50.33 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐφέλκεται τῷ Φιλίππῳ</b> he [[is in arrears]] of tax-payments to P. (the tax-collector), ''PPetr.''2p.108 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b3">ἐφελκομένοισι πόδεσσιν</b> with feet [[trailing after]] him, of one who is [[drag]]ged [[lifeless]] away, Il.23.696; τὸ δ' ἐφέλκετο μείλινον ἔγχος 13.597; <b class="b3">ὁ λίθος ὄπισθε ἐπελκόμενος</b> [[dragging behind]] (the [[boat]]), Hdt. 2.96; of camels, Id.3.105; also [[οἱ ἐπελκόμενοι]] the [[straggler]]s of an [[army]], Id.4.203; <b class="b3">ομένη προθυμία</b> [[lagging]], [[tardy]], Plb.9.40.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be attracted]], ῥείθροισιν ''h.Hom.''19.9; <b class="b3">μηδὲ.. τούτῳ ἐφέλκεσθαι</b> [[be]] not [[led away]] by this [[argument]], Th.1.42.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Med. like Act., [[drag after one]], <b class="b3">χωλαίνει καὶ ἐφέλκεται</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸν πόδα</b>) Pl.''Lg.''795b, cf. Antip.Stoic.3.256; τἆλλα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 544e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[draw to oneself]], [[attract]], <b class="b3">αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐφέλκεται ἄνδρα σίδηρος</b> the very sight of iron (i.e. arms) [[draw]]s men [[on]], i.e. [[tempt]]s them to [[use]] them, Od. 16.294, 19.13; ὕδωρ ἐπ' ἑωυτὸν ὁ ἥλιος ἐ. Hdt.4.50; ἐ. τινὰ πρός τι Plb.9.1.3; of flowers, ἠϊθέας ἐφελκόμεναι χροιῇσι Nic.''Fr.''74.65; κάλλεϊ.. πάντας ἐ. ''APl.''4.288 (Leont.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[draw]] or [[pull to]], τὴν θύραν ἐφελκύσασθαι Luc. ''Am.''16; προστίθησι τὴν θύραν καὶ τὴν κλεῖν ἐφέλκεται Lys.1.13; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὀφρῦν</b> to frown, ''AP''7.440 (Leon.); ἐ. κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς τὸ ἱμάτιον Plu.''Caes.''66, cf. ''Pomp.''79.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[bring on]] [[consequence]]s, πόλλ' ἐφέλκεται φυγὴ κακά E.''Med.''462; ὃ καὶ σίδηρον ἀγχόνας τ' ἐ. Id.''Fr.''362.26, cf. Hp.''Decent.''1; κινδύνους Isoc. ''Ep.''4.6; τοὔμπαλιν οὗ βούλονται ἐ. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.4.32.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[claim for oneself]], [[assume]], ἀλλότριον κάλλος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 465b; Μοῦσαν ὀθνείην ''AP''9.434 (Theoc., = p.xvi W.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[drag behind one as inferior]], i.e. [[surpass]], τινὰ κάρτεϊ A.R.1.1162.<br><span class="bld">7</span> Gramm., [[attract to the close of a word]], τὸ νῦ δἰ εὐφωνίαν Demetr.''Eloc.''175, cf. Eust.52.19.<br><span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. ἄσθμα</b> [[draw]] a [[deep]] [[breath]], Philostr.''Im.''2.22. |