ἐφέλκ-ω,
Ionic dialect ἐπ-, future ἐφέλξω [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 632 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 infinitive -ελκύσαι [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, future -ελκύσομαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 50.21 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 1 participle -ελκυσάμενος [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.1.10: (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in _middle_ and _passive_, see below 11, 111)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—drag or trail after one, ἐ. τὰς [οὐράς], of long-tailed sheep, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.113 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵππον ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἐ. to lead a horse by a rein upon the arm, [[ [prev. author] 5.12 ] Refs]; ναῦς ὣς ἐφέλξω will take in tow, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place], compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ξύλον, of a log tied to the leg, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Polyzelus Comicus 3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη ἐφέλκουσιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἐμπρόσθια drag forward, in the disease of horses called εἰλεός, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 604b1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰς ὁπλὰς καὶ τὰ ἰσχία ἐ. draw them up,[[ [prev. work] 18, compare “Hippiatrica” 121. ] Refs]
__2 bring on, bring in its train (see. below 111.4), πολλὰς ἐφέλκων ξυμφοράς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 552, compare “Ion” 1149, “HF” 776 (Lyric poetry); ἄλλην αἴσθησιν μετὰ τοῦ λογις μοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 65e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 10.37 (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 draw or drink off, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 151. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]