ἀνέλκω
anelko
draw up
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνέλκω, A. draw up, τάλαντα . . ἀνέλκει holds them up (in weighing), 1l.12.434; ἀνελκύσαι ναῦς haul them up high and dry, 7.59, 6.44; νῆες ἀνελκυσμέναι 9.98; δοκοὺς ἀ. 2.76; haul up a sail, 10. 2. drag up, drag out, ἀνελκύσαι εἰς τὸ φῶς Pax 307; κᾷτʼ ἀνελκύσας ἐρωτᾷ having dragged him into open court, Ach. 687; τὰ παιδάριʼ εὐδὺς ἀνέλκει drags them into the witness-box, V. 568: —Med., ἀνέλκεσθαι τρίχας tear oneʼs own hair, Il. 22.77:—Pass., κύνα χερσὶν ἀνελκομενον 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 305:—Pass., pf. part. ἀνειλκυσμένος Hyp. 7.39.
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