pull

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. ἕλκειν, ἐφέλκειν, ἐπισπᾶν, Ar. and V. σπᾶν.

Absol., give a pull: Ar. ὑποτείνειν (Pax. 458).

row: Ar. and P. ἐλαύνειν, V. ἐρέσσειν.

pull away: P. and V. ἀποσπᾶν, ἀφέλκειν.

pull back: P. and V. ἀνασπᾶν, Ar. and V. ἀντισπᾶν.

pull down: P. and V. καθέλκειν, κατασπᾶν.

dismantle: P. and V. ἀνασπᾶν, καθαιρεῖν, P. περιαιρεῖν.

pull from under: P. and V. ὑποσπᾶν, Ar. and P. ὑφέλκειν.

pull in an opposite direction: P. ἀνθέλκειν, Ar. and V. ἀντισπᾶν.

pull off: P. and V. ἀποσπᾶν, ἀφέλκειν.

strip off: see strip.

pull out: P. and V. ἐξέλκειν (Plato but rare P.), Ar. and V. ἐκσπᾶν.

pull to: P. ἐπισπᾶν.

pull together. when might and right pull together, what pair more potent than this? V. ὅπου γὰρ ἰσχὺς συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκη, ποία ξυνωρὶς τῆσδε καρτερωτέρα; (Aesch., Fragment).

pull up: Ar. and P. ἀνέλκειν.

uproot: Ar. and P. ἐξορύσσειν, P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν; see uproot.

substantive

Use effort.