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

  • ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τούτοισ πείθομαι καὶ ἤδη πέπεισμαι καὶ ἐσ τὸν οἶκον ἐπὶ λόγοισ παρελήλυθα ὥσπερ ὑπὸ ἰύγγοσ ἢ Σειρῆνοσ τῷ κάλλει ἑλκόμενοσ, ἐλπίδα οὐ μικρὰν ἔχων, εἰ καὶ τέωσ ἡμῖν ἄμορφοι ἦσαν οἱ λόγοι, καλοὺσ αὐτοὺσ φανεῖσθαι καθάπερ ἐσθῆτι καλῇ κεκοσμημένουσ. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 13:2)
  • οἴμοι κακοδαίμων ἐγγὺσ ἤδη τῆσ θύρασ ἑλκόμενόσ εἰμ’. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 4:20)
  • ἀλλ’ οὖν λιπαρόσ γε καὶ εὐανθὴσ ἐν γυμνασίοισ διατρίψεισ, οὐ στωμύλλων κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν τριβολεκτράπελ’ οἱᾶ́περ οἱ νῦν, οὐδ’ ἑλκόμενοσ περὶ πραγματίου γλισχραντιλογεξεπιτρίπτου· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, epirrheme 2:2)
  • καί λογισμῷ μὲν οὐδὲν ἔτι τῶν πραγμάτων ἑώρα, φόβῳ δὲ περὶ τοῦ σύμπαντοσ ἅμα καί πόθῳ τοῦ παιδὸσ ἑλκόμενοσ βοηθεῖν καί μὴ βοηθεῖν, τέλοσ ὡρ́μησε προάγειν τὴν δύναμιν. (Plutarch, chapter 26 3:1)
  • οὕτωσ ὁ ποιήσασ τι χαρίεν καὶ ἀστεῖον εἶτα τοῦτο διηγούμενοσ καὶ περιφέρων ἁπανταχόσε δῆλόσ ἐστιν ἔξω βλέπων ἔτι καὶ πρὸσ δόξαν ἑλκόμενοσ, οὔπω δὲ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ γεγονὼσ; (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 10 2:1)

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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