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ἀνέλκω

ἀνέλκω, to draw up

ἀνέλκω,
  • draw up, τάλαντα . . ἀνέλκει holds them up (in weighing), 1l. 12.434; ἀνελκύσαι ναῦς haul them up high and dry, Hdt. 7.59, Th. 6.44; νῆες ἀνελκυσμέναι Hdt. 9.98; δοκοὺς ἀ. Th. 2.76; haul up a sail, Epicr. 10.
      • 2 drag up, drag out, ἀνελκύσαι εἰς τὸ φῶς Ar. Pax 307; κᾷτʼ ἀνελκύσας ἐρωτᾷ having dragged him into open court, Id. Ach. 687; τὰ παιδάριʼ εὐδὺς ἀνέλκει drags them into the witness-box, Id. V. 568: —Med., ἀνέλκεσθαι τρίχας tear oneʼs own hair, Il. 22.77:—Pass., κύνα χερσὶν ἀνελκομενον D.P. 790.
    • II draw back, ὁ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκεν (in act to shoot) Il. 11.375, cf. Od. 21.128:—Med., ἔγχος ἀνελκόμενον drawing back his spear [out of the corpse], ib. 22.97; τόξον ἀνέλκεται τοξευτής Arat. 305:—Pass., pf. part. ἀνειλκυσμένος Procl. Hyp. 7.39.

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