ἑλκέω
helkeo
drag about, tear asunder
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἑλκέω,= ἕλκω, A. drag about, tear asunder, in impf. νέκυν . . εἵλκεον ἀμφότεροι Il. 17.395: also in fut. and aor. κύνες ἑλκήσουσιν ib.558; σὲ μὲν κύνες ἠδʼ οἰωνοὶ ἑλκήσουσʼ 22.336; Λητὼ γὰρ ἥλκησε he did violence to Leto, Od. 11.580; ἑ. τινὰ πέπλοιο 638:—Pass., ἑλκηθείσας τε θύγατρας Il. 22.62.
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