ἐφέλκω: Difference between revisions

|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.