Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἕλκω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕλκω

Structure: έ̔λκ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to draw, drag, began to drag, to draw, to draw, to draw, through
  2. to draw after one, to trail, after one
  3. to tear in pieces, to tear
  4. to draw
  5. to draw, to draw one's
  6. to hoist or haul up
  7. to hold up
  8. to pull
  9. to drag into court, to drag about
  10. to draw or suck up, to drink in long draughts, quaff, to suck
  11. to drag out, to drag on, prolong tediously, to dance, long, measured
  12. to draw to oneself, attract
  13. to draw down, to weigh so much, weigh
  14. to draw to oneself, amass

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̔λκω έ̔λκεις έ̔λκει
Dual έ̔λκετον έ̔λκετον
Plural έ̔λκομεν έ̔λκετε έ̔λκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular έ̔λκω έ̔λκῃς έ̔λκῃ
Dual έ̔λκητον έ̔λκητον
Plural έ̔λκωμεν έ̔λκητε έ̔λκωσιν*
OptativeSingular έ̔λκοιμι έ̔λκοις έ̔λκοι
Dual έ̔λκοιτον ἑλκοίτην
Plural έ̔λκοιμεν έ̔λκοιτε έ̔λκοιεν
ImperativeSingular έ̔λκε ἑλκέτω
Dual έ̔λκετον ἑλκέτων
Plural έ̔λκετε ἑλκόντων, ἑλκέτωσαν
Infinitive έ̔λκειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἑλκων ἑλκοντος ἑλκουσα ἑλκουσης ἑλκον ἑλκοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̔λκομαι έ̔λκει, έ̔λκῃ έ̔λκεται
Dual έ̔λκεσθον έ̔λκεσθον
Plural ἑλκόμεθα έ̔λκεσθε έ̔λκονται
SubjunctiveSingular έ̔λκωμαι έ̔λκῃ έ̔λκηται
Dual έ̔λκησθον έ̔λκησθον
Plural ἑλκώμεθα έ̔λκησθε έ̔λκωνται
OptativeSingular ἑλκοίμην έ̔λκοιο έ̔λκοιτο
Dual έ̔λκοισθον ἑλκοίσθην
Plural ἑλκοίμεθα έ̔λκοισθε έ̔λκοιντο
ImperativeSingular έ̔λκου ἑλκέσθω
Dual έ̔λκεσθον ἑλκέσθων
Plural έ̔λκεσθε ἑλκέσθων, ἑλκέσθωσαν
Infinitive έ̔λκεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἑλκομενος ἑλκομενου ἑλκομενη ἑλκομενης ἑλκομενον ἑλκομενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • ἄμφω μὲν ἡμεῖσ εἴκοσι μνᾶσ ἕλκομεν, Ζῆθόσ τε χὠ ξύναιμοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 131)
  • αὔλακα τὴν ἀσίδαρον ἐν ὕδασιν ἕλκομεν ἄμφω, μακροτόνων σχοίνων ἅμμα σαγηνόδετον ἰχθύσι δ’ ἐκ σταχύων λατρεύομεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2992)
  • ἐπὶ γὰρ γῆσ βεβῶτεσ γεώδη γένη διιστάμενοι, καὶ γῆν ἐνίοτε αὐτήν, ἕλκομεν εἰσ ἀνόμοιον ἀέρα βίᾳ καὶ παρὰ φύσιν, ἀμφότερα τοῦ συγγενοῦσ ἀντεχόμενα, τὸ δὲ σμικρότερον ῥᾷον τοῦ μείζονοσ βιαζομένοισ εἰσ τὸ ἀνόμοιον πρότερον συνέπεται· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 295:3)
  • "ὦ ἑταῖρε, τὸν ἐκ τῆσ παροιμίασ ἀποκείμενον ἰχθῦν διὰ τί οὐχ ἕλκομεν εἰσ μέσον μετὰ τῆσ Πυθαγορικῆσ χοίνικοσ, ἐφ’ ἧσ ἀπηγόρευε καθῆσθαι, διδάσκων ἡμᾶσ ἀεί τι τοῦ παρόντοσ εἰσ τὸ μέλλον ὑπολείπειν καὶ τῆσ αὔριον ἐν τῇ σήμερον μνημονεύειν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 13:1)
  • ἠῶθεν δ’ οἱ μὲν νέασ ἕλκομεν εἰσ ἅλα δῖαν κτήματά τ’ ἐντιθέμεσθα βαθυζώνουσ τε γυναῖκασ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 16:8)

Synonyms

  1. to draw

  2. to draw after one

  3. to tear in pieces

  4. to draw

  5. to draw

  6. to hoist or haul up

  7. to hold up

  8. to pull

  9. to drag into court

  10. to draw or suck up

  11. to draw to oneself

  12. to draw down

  13. to draw to oneself

Related

Derived

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

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