ἕλκω
ἕλκω ( ἑλκύω late, Tz. H. 6.621), Il. 24.52, etc., impf. εἷλκον A. Fr. 39, etc., Ep. ἕλκον Il. 4.213, al. (never εἵλκυον): fut. ἕλξω A. Supp. 909, etc., rarely ἑλκύσω [ῠ] Hp. Fract. 2, Philem. 174: aor. εἵλκῠσα Batr. 232, Pi. N. 7.103, Trag. and Att., E. Ph. 987, Ar. Nu. 540, SIG 2587.23, al., etc.; ἥλκυσα IG ΙΙ(2).287 B 61 ( Delos, ii B.C.), CIG 4993,5006 ( Egypt, iii A.D.); later εἷλξα, poet. ἕλξα AP 9.370 ( Tib. Ill.), Orph. A. 258, Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.12: pf. εἵλκῠκα D. 22.59; pf. part. ἑολκώς prob. in Epich. 177:— Med., fut. -ύσομαι ( ἐφ-) Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.10.9: aor. εἱλκυσάμην ( ἀφ-) v.l. in Hp. Art. 11, subj. ἀφελκύσωμαι Ar. Ach. 1120; rarely εἱλξάμην Gal. 4.534:— Pass., fut. ἑλκυσθήσομαι A. Th. 614 ( ξυγκαθ-), Lyc. 358, ἑλχθήσομαι Gal. UP 7.7: aor. εἱλκύσθην Hp. Epid. 4.14, ( ἐξ-) Ar. Ec. 688, ἑλκ- Hdt. 1.140, ἡλκ- IG 12(7).115.11 ( Amorgos); later εἵλχθην Ph. 2.11, Philostr. VA 8.15, D.L. 6.91: pf. εἵλκυσμαι Hp. Superf. 16, E. Rh. 576, Ph. 1.316, ( καθ-) Th. 6.50, ἕλκυσμαι ( ἀν-) Hdt. 9.98, ἥλκυσμαι BGU 1256.11 (ii B.C.): plpf. εἵλκυστο Hp. Epid. 4.36.—In Att., ἕλκω, ἕλξω were alone used in pres. and fut., while the other tenses were formed from ἑλκυ-; cf. ἑλκέω (q.v.), ἑλκυστάζω. In Hom., Aristarch. rejected the augm. (Cf. Lat. sulcus, Lith. velkù ‘dragʼ):—