ἀνθέλκω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀνθέλκω
Structure:
ἀντ
(Prefix)
+
έ̔λκ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to draw or pull against, to pull against
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐκεῖνα δέ με ἀνθέλκει τεκμηρίων ὄντα οὔτ’ ἐλάχιστα οὔτ’ ἀπίθανα καὶ πρὸσ τὴν ἑτέραν ἄγει συγκατάθεσιν, ὅτι μετὰ τὸν θάνατον τοῦ Κασσίου ἥ τ’ οἰκία κατεσκάφη, καὶ μέχρι τοῦδε ἀνεῖται ὁ τόποσ αὐτῆσ αἴθριοσ ἔξω τοῦ νεὼ τῆσ Γῆσ, ὃν ὑστέροισ ἡ πόλισ κατεσκεύασε χρόνοισ ἐν μέρει τινὶ αὐτῆσ κατὰ τὴν ἐπὶ Καρίνασ φέρουσαν ὁδόν, καὶ τὰ χρήματα αὐτοῦ τὸ κοινὸν ἀνέλαβεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 79 4:3)
- οὐκοῦν εἴ ποτέ τι αὐτὴν ἀνθέλκει διψῶσαν, ἕτερον ἄν τι ἐν αὐτῇ εἰή αὐτοῦ τοῦ διψῶντοσ καὶ ἄγοντοσ ὥσπερ θηρίον ἐπὶ τὸ πιεῖν; (Plato, Republic, book 4 453:1)
Synonyms
-
to draw or pull against
Derived
- ἀνέλκω (to draw up, holds, up)
- ἀφέλκω (to drag away, to drag or tow, away)
- διέλκω (to draw asunder, widen, to pull through)
- εἰσέλκω (to draw, haul, drag in or into)
- ἕλκω (to draw, drag, began to drag)
- ἐξέλκω (to draw or drag out, to drag out from, to drag along)
- ἐφέλκω (to draw on, drag or trail after, to lead)
- καθέλκω (to draw, to the sea, launch)
- μεθέλκω (to draw to the other side)
- παρέλκω (to draw aside, pervert, to draw aside to oneself)
- περιέλκω (to drag round, drag about, to draw round another way)
- προσέλκω (to draw towards, draw on, to draw towards oneself)
- προσκαθέλκω (to haul down besides)
- συγκαθέλκω (to drag down together)
- συνέλκω (to draw together, to draw up, contract)
- συνεφέλκω (to draw after or along with, together)
- ὑφέλκω (to draw away gently, to draw, away)