ἐξέλκ-ω,
future -έλξω[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 365 (Pors.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 -είλκῠσ; infinitive -ελκύσαι[[ [prev. author] “Pax” 315, 506 ] Refs]:—passive, -ελκυσθῇ[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.70 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— draw, drag out, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.762: with _genitive_ loci, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.432 (_passive_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φάσγανον.. ἐ. κολεοῦ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 544 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἐ. δουλίας rescue from slavery, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.75 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύστηνον ἐ. πόδα, of a lame man, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 291: _absolutely_, without πόδα,] Refs 5th c.BC+] of one wounded, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1121; ἐξέλξω σε τῆς πυγῆς θύραζε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 365 (Pors. for ἐξελῶ)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξελκύσαι τὴν πᾶσιν Εἰρήνην φίλην drag her out of the cave, [[ [prev. author] “Pax” 294, compare 315, 506 ] Refs]; rare in Prose, as [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 515e; ἐξελκυσθείς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1311b30; τέχναι τινὰ ἐ. τῆς πενίας 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 39.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]