Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐξέλκω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξέλκω ἐξείλκυσα

Structure: ἐξ (Prefix) + έ̔λκ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to draw or drag out
  2. to drag out from
  3. to drag along

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξέλκω ἐξέλκεις ἐξέλκει
Dual ἐξέλκετον ἐξέλκετον
Plural ἐξέλκομεν ἐξέλκετε ἐξέλκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξέλκω ἐξέλκῃς ἐξέλκῃ
Dual ἐξέλκητον ἐξέλκητον
Plural ἐξέλκωμεν ἐξέλκητε ἐξέλκωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐξέλκοιμι ἐξέλκοις ἐξέλκοι
Dual ἐξέλκοιτον ἐξελκοίτην
Plural ἐξέλκοιμεν ἐξέλκοιτε ἐξέλκοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐξέλκε ἐξελκέτω
Dual ἐξέλκετον ἐξελκέτων
Plural ἐξέλκετε ἐξελκόντων, ἐξελκέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐξέλκειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξελκων ἐξελκοντος ἐξελκουσα ἐξελκουσης ἐξελκον ἐξελκοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξέλκομαι ἐξέλκει, ἐξέλκῃ ἐξέλκεται
Dual ἐξέλκεσθον ἐξέλκεσθον
Plural ἐξελκόμεθα ἐξέλκεσθε ἐξέλκονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξέλκωμαι ἐξέλκῃ ἐξέλκηται
Dual ἐξέλκησθον ἐξέλκησθον
Plural ἐξελκώμεθα ἐξέλκησθε ἐξέλκωνται
OptativeSingular ἐξελκοίμην ἐξέλκοιο ἐξέλκοιτο
Dual ἐξέλκοισθον ἐξελκοίσθην
Plural ἐξελκοίμεθα ἐξέλκοισθε ἐξέλκοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐξέλκου ἐξελκέσθω
Dual ἐξέλκεσθον ἐξελκέσθων
Plural ἐξέλκεσθε ἐξελκέσθων, ἐξελκέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐξέλκεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξελκομενος ἐξελκομενου ἐξελκομενη ἐξελκομενης ἐξελκομενον ἐξελκομενου

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξείλκυσαα ἐξείλκυσαας ἐξείλκυσᾱν*
Dual ἐξειλκῦσαατον ἐξειλκύσαατην
Plural ἐξειλκῦσααμεν ἐξειλκῦσαατε ἐξείλκυσααν
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξελκύσω ἐξελκύσῃς ἐξελκύσῃ
Dual ἐξελκύσητον ἐξελκύσητον
Plural ἐξελκύσωμεν ἐξελκύσητε ἐξελκύσωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐξελκυσάαιμι ἐξελκυσάαις ἐξελκυσάαι
Dual ἐξελκυσάαιτον ἐξελκυσααίτην
Plural ἐξελκυσάαιμεν ἐξελκυσάαιτε ἐξελκυσάαιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐξελκῦσων ἐξελκυσαάτω
Dual ἐξελκυσάατον ἐξελκυσαάτων
Plural ἐξελκυσάατε ἐξελκυσαάντων
Infinitive ἐξελκυσάαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξελκυσαᾱς ἐξελκυσααντος ἐξελκυσαᾱσα ἐξελκυσαᾱσης ἐξελκυσααν ἐξελκυσααντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐξειλκύσααμην ἐξειλκῦσω ἐξειλκῦσαατο
Dual ἐξειλκῦσαασθον ἐξειλκύσαασθην
Plural ἐξειλκύσααμεθα ἐξειλκῦσαασθε ἐξειλκῦσααντο
SubjunctiveSingular ἐξελκύσωμαι ἐξελκύσῃ ἐξελκύσηται
Dual ἐξελκύσησθον ἐξελκύσησθον
Plural ἐξελκυσώμεθα ἐξελκύσησθε ἐξελκύσωνται
OptativeSingular ἐξελκυσααίμην ἐξελκυσάαιο ἐξελκυσάαιτο
Dual ἐξελκυσάαισθον ἐξελκυσααίσθην
Plural ἐξελκυσααίμεθα ἐξελκυσάαισθε ἐξελκυσάαιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐξελκύσααι ἐξελκυσαάσθω
Dual ἐξελκυσάασθον ἐξελκυσαάσθων
Plural ἐξελκυσάασθε ἐξελκυσαάσθων
Infinitive ἐξελκύσᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐξελκυσααμενος ἐξελκυσααμενου ἐξελκυσααμενη ἐξελκυσααμενης ἐξελκυσααμενον ἐξελκυσααμενου

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.

Examples

  • ἐκ τοῦ σκίμποδοσ δάκνουσί μ’ ἐξέρποντεσ οἱ Κορίνθιοι, καὶ τὰσ πλευρὰσ δαρδάπτουσιν καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἐκπίνουσιν καὶ τοὺσ ὄρχεισ ἐξέλκουσιν καὶ τὸν πρωκτὸν διορύττουσιν, καί μ’ ἀπολοῦσιν. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene, iambics5)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ χειρουργίᾳ χρῆσθαι τοὺσ ἐλέφαντασ ἱστοροῦσι καὶ γὰρ ξυστὰ καὶ λόγχασ καὶ τοξεύματα, παριστάμενοι τοῖσ τετρωμένοισ, ἄνευ σπαραγμοῦ ῥᾳδίωσ καὶ ἀβλαβῶσ ἐξέλκουσιν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 20 9:1)
  • αἱ δ’ ἐξέλκουσιν ἔξω τοῖσ ὄνυξιν οὓσ ἂν καταλάβωσιν, ἢ φεύγειν ἀναγκάζουσιν εἰσ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν, ἐκπεσόντασ δὲ θηρεύουσιν οἱ ἐφεστῶτεσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 12:17)

Synonyms

  1. to draw or drag out

  2. to drag out from

  3. to drag along

Related

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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