A). 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 11(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 'drag'):— draw, drag, with collat.notion of force or exertion, ὣς εἰπὼν ποδὸς ἕλκε began to drag [the dead body] by the foot, Il. 13.383 ; ἤν περ .. ποδῶν ἕλκωσι θύραζε Od. 16.276 ; τινὰ τῆς ῥινός Luc. Herm. 73 ; Ἕκτορα .. περὶ σῆμ’ ἑτάροιο ἕλκει Il. 24.52 ; drag away a prisoner, 22.65 ( Pass.); draw ships down to the sea, 2.152 , etc.; draw along a felled tree, 17.743 ; of mules, draw a chariot, 24.324 ; ἑλκέμεναι νειοῖο .. πηκτὸν ἄροτρον draw the plough through the field, 10.353 , cf. 23.518 ; ἕ. τινὰ ἐπὶ κνάφου Hdt. 1.92 ; περιβαλόντας σχοινία ἕ. haul at them, Id. 5.85 .

2). draw after one, ἐν δ’ ἔπεσ’ Ὠκεανῷ .. φάος ἠελίοιο, ἕλκον νύκτα μέλαιναν Il. 8.486 ; πέδας ἕ. trail fetters after one, Hdt. 3.129 ; ἕ. χλανίδα let one's cloak trail behind, Ephipp. 19 (anap.); θοἰμάτιον Archipp. 45 .

3). tear in pieces (used by Hom. only in the form ἑλκέω) , ὀνύχεσσι παρειάν E. Tr. 280 ; worry, τὰς κύνας ὥλαφος ἕλκοι Theoc. 1.135 ; ἑλκυσθῆναι ὑπὸ κυνός Hdt. 1.140 .

b). metaph., carp at, Pi. N. 7.103 .

4). draw a bow, ἕλκε .. γλυφίδας τε λαβὼν καὶ νεῦρα βόεια Il. 4.122 , cf. Od. 21.419 , Hdt. 3.21 , X. An. 4.2.28 , etc.

5). draw a sword, S. Ant. 1233 , E. Rh. 576 ( Pass.):— Med., ἕλκετο δ’ ἐκ κολεοῖο .. ξίφος Il. 1.194 .

6). ἕ. ἱστία hoist sails, Od. 2.426 :—also in Med., h.Bacch. 32 .

7). lift up scales, so as to poise them, ἕλκε δὲ μέσσα λαβών Il. 8.72 , 22.212 .

II). after Hom.,

1). pull a barge-pole, Hdt. 1.194 .

2). tow a ship, Th. 2.90 , etc.

3). drag into court, ἕλκω σε κλητεύσοντα Ar. Nu. 1218 , cf. 1004 ( Pass.); εἰς ἀγοράν Act.Ap. 16.19 ; drag about, esp. with lewd violence, ἕλκει καὶ βιάζεται D. 21.150 ; μηδένα ἕλξειν μηδ’ ὑβριεῖν ib. 221 ; ἕλκειν γυναῖκα Lys. 1.12 : metaph., ἄνω κάτω τοὺς λόγους ἕ. Pl. Tht. 195c , cf. Arist. SE 167a35 ; ἡμέας ὁ καιρὸς ἕλκει Herod. 2.10 ; also ἥλκυσμαι λαμπαδάρχης I have been compelled to serve as λ., BGU l.c.

4). draw or suck up,[ ἥλιος] ἕλκει τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπ’ ἑωυτόν Hdt. 2.25 ; ἕ. τὸν ἀέρα draw it in, breathe it, Hp. Aër. 19 , Ti.Locr. 101d ( Pass.), cf. Philyll. 20 : ζωὴν φύσιν Archel. ap. Antig. Mir. 89 ; esp. of persons drinking, drink in long draughts, quaff, μέθυ E. Ion 1200 ; ἄμυστιν Id. Cyc. 417 ; τὴν .. τοῦ Πραμνίου [σπονδήν] Ar. Eq. 107 ; οἶνον ἐκ .. λεπαστῆς Telecl Id. 24 (lyr.); ἀπνευστί Antiph. 74.14 , etc.: with acc. of the cup, δέπας μεστὸν .. ἕλκουσι γνάθοις ἀπαύστοις Id. 237 , cf. Eub. 56.7 , al.; so ἕ. μαστόν suck it, E. Ph. 987 ; inhale, ὀσμήν Antig. Mir. 89 ; of roots, draw up nourishment, Thphr. HP 1.6.10 : metaph., χανδὸν καὶ ἀμυστὶ τῶν μαθηυάτων ἕ. Eun. VS p.474D.

5). draw from a receptacle, ἐξ ἑκάστου κιβωτίου πινάκιον ἕν Arist. Ath. 64.1 .

6). ἕ. βίοτον, ζόαν, drag out a weary life, E. Or. 207 (lyr.), Ph. 1535 (lyr.); προφάσιας ἕ. keep making excuses, Hdt. 6.86 ; πάσας τε προφάσεις .. ἕλκουσι Ar. Lys. 727 ; ἕ. χρόνους make long, in prosody, Longin. Proll. Heph. p.83C.: hence intr., ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο λέγεται ἑλκύσαι τὴν σύστασιν .. that the conflict dragged on, lasted, Hdt. 7.167 , cf. PHib. 1.83.9 (iii B.C.):— Pass., τῶν ἐγκλημάτων εἱκλυσμένων πλείονα χρόνον Supp.Epigr. 2.281 (Delph., ii B.C.); also of a person, ἑλκόμενος καὶ μόγις Pl. R. 350d .

7). ἕ. κόρδακα dance in long, measured steps, Ar. Nu. 540 ; ἓν τουτὶ (σχῆμα) Id. Pax 328 .

8). draw to oneself, attract, of the magnet, E. Fr. 567 ; by spells, τινὰ ποτὶ δῶμα Theoc. 2.17 , cf. X. Mem. 3.11.18 , Plot. 4.4.40 , etc.; πείθειν καὶ ἑ. Pl. R. 458d ; ἐχθροὺς ἐφ’ ἑαυτόν D. 22.59 ; draw on, ἐπὶ ἡδονάς Pl. Phdr. 238a ; εἰς τυραννίδας ἕ. τὰς πολιτείας Id. R. 568c :— Pass., to be drawn on as by a spell, ἴυγγι δ’ ἕλκομαι ἦτορ Pi. N. 4.35 ; πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν Pl. R. 494e .

9). of things weighed, ἕ. σταθμὸν τάλαντα δέκα draw down the balance, i.e. weigh ten talents, Hdt. 1.50 , cf. Eup. 116 : abs., τὸ δ’ ἂν ἑλκύσῃ whatever it weigh, Hdt. 2.65 ; πλεῖον ἕ. Pl. Min. 316a .

b). ἕ. τὰς ψήφους cast up the account, PPetr. 2p.37 (iii B.C.), PHib. 1.17.25 (iii B.C.).

10). draw or derive from a source, ἐντεῦθεν εἵλκυσεν ἐπὶ τὴν .. τέχνην τὸ πρός φορον αὐτῇ Pl. Phdr. 270a , cf. Jul. Or. 7.207a ; τὸ γένος ἀπό τινος Str. 11.9.3 ; assume, μείζω φαντασίαν Plb. 32.10.5 ; ὁ ἄρτος ἕλκει χρῶμα κάλλιστον Ath. 3.113c .

11). ἑλκύσαι πλίνθους make bricks, Hdt. 1.179 , cf. PPetr. 3p.137 ; ἕ. λάγανον Chrysipp. Tyan. ap. Ath. 14.647e .

12). αἱ θυρίδες ἕλκουσι the win dows draw in air, Thphr. Vent. 29 .

13). ἕ. ἑαυτόν, expressing some kind of athletic exercise, Pl. Prm. 135d .

B). Med., ἕ. χαίτας ἐκ κεφαλῆς tear one's hair, Il. 10.15 ; ἀσσοτέρω πυρὸς ἕλκετο δίφρον drew his chair nearer to the fire, Od. 19.506 , cf. Semon. 7.26 .

2). draw to oneself, scrape up, amass, τιμάς, ἄφενος ἕλκεσθαι, Thgn. 30 .

3). ἕλκεσθαι στάθμας περισσᾶς in Pi. P. 2.90 , means lit., to drag at too great a line, i.e.grasp more than one's due-- but whence the metaphor is taken remains unexplained.

C). Pass., to be drawn or wrenched, νῶτα .. ἑλκόμενα στερεῶς, of wrestlers, Il. 23.715 ; of the nails, to be curved, Hp. Morb. 2.48 ; to close in when the core is removed, of the timber of certain trees, Thphr. HP 5.5.2 .

2). to be drawn or to flow at a place, of streams, Lyc. 702 ; πρὸς ἀντολίην ἕ. αἶα D.P. 1086 .

3). to be drawn or contracted, εἱλκύσθη ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ τράχηλος Hp. Epid. 4.14 .