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καθέλκω, drag down to the sea: launch ships; drag down the scale, outweigh

καθέλκω, fut. καθέλξω Ar. Ra. 1398, καθελκύσω Luc. DDeor. 1[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 καθειλκυσμένον 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 [Fr. 1.9 Pf.]; [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, BGU 648.12 (ii A.D.), POxy. 899.25 (iii A.D.); τινὰ εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν Lib. Or. 15.29 (Pass.).

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