The corpus record

ἑλκέω

elkeo

drag about, tear asunder

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Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ἑλκ-έω · helk-eō — LSJ

drag about, tear asunder, did, violence to

drag about, tear asunder, in impf. νέκυν . . εἵλκεον ἀμφότεροι Il. 17.395: also in fut. and aor. κύνες ἑλκήσουσιν ib. 558; σὲ μὲν κύνες ἠδʼ οἰωνοὶ ἑλκήσουσʼ 22.336; Λητὼ γὰρ ἥλκησε he did violence to Leto, Od. 11.580; ἑ. τινὰ πέπλοιο Arat. 638:—Pass., ἑλκηθείσας τε θύγατρας Il. 22.62.

In the wild

ἑλκοῦνται · helkountai Hippocrates, De aere aquis et locis 22 (DIORISIS sentence 399)
εἵλκεον · heilkeon Iliad 17.395
ἑλκήσουσιν · helkēsousin Iliad 17.558
ἑλκήσουσʼ · helkēsousʼ Iliad 22.336
ἑλκηθείσας · helkētheisas Iliad 22.62
ἕλκησε · helkēse Odyssey 11.580

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