ἐξέλκω

exelko

draw, drag out

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 4 1
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4214
Book 23 1
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23762
Odyssey 1
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Book 5 1
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5432

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξέλκω, fut. -έλξω Ar. Eq. 365 (Pors.): aor. 1 -είλκῠσα; inf. -ελκύσαι Id. Pax 315, 506:—Pass., -ελκυσθῇ Hdt. 2.70:— Α. draw, drag out, Il. 23.762: c. gen. loci, Od. 5.432 (Pass.); φάσγανον . . ἐ. κολεοῦ E. Hec. 544; Ἑλλάδʼ ἐ. δουλίας rescue from slavery, Pi. P. 1.75; δύστηνον ἐ. πόδα, of a lame man, S. Ph. 291: abs., without πόδα, of one wounded, E. Andr. 1121; ἐξέλξω σε τῆς πυγῆς θύραζε Ar. Eq. 365 (Pors. for ἐξελῶ) ; ἐξελκύσαι τὴν πᾶσιν Εἰρήνην φίλην drag her out of the cave, Id. Pax 294, cf. 315,506; rare in Prose, as Pl. R. 515e; ἐξελκυσθείς Arist. Pol. 1311b30; τέχναι τινὰ ἐ. τῆς πενίας Lib. Or. 39.14.

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