ἀφέλκω

aphelko

drag away

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33

1224a34
1224a35
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26

1109b5
On Memory 1
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Chapter 2 451a18–453b11

452b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀφέλκω, Ion. ἀπέλκω, fut. ἀφέλξω E. Hec. 142 (lyr.): aor. ἀφείλκῠσα (v. infr.): pf. ἀφείλκῠκα M.Ant. 3.6:— Α. drag away, ἱκέτας ἐκ τοῦ ἱροῦ Hdt. 3.48, cf. S. OC 844, E. Heracl. 113; πῶλον ἀπὸ μαστῶν Id. Hec. 142 (lyr.); τινὰς ἀπὸ τέκνων καὶ γονέων καὶ γυναικῶν Lys. 12.96; drag a speaker from the βῆμα, Pl. Prt. 319c; ἀ. τὰς τριήρεις drag or tow ships away, Th. 2.93, cf. 7.53,74; draw aside, divert, ἐπὶ τὰ ἡδέα X. Mem. 4.5.6; τὸ δέρμα ἀ. to draw it off, Hp. Art. 11:—Pass., ibid. II. draw off liquor, κάδων πώματα Archil. 4; θρόμβους οὓς ἀφείλκυσας φόνου A. Eu. 184. 2. Med., τοῦ δόρατος ἀφελκύσωμαι τοὔλυτρον let me draw off the sheath from . . , Ar. Ach. 1120.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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