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καθέλκω

kathelko

draw to the sea, launch

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Where it lives

On The Trierarchic Crown 1 · 7.43/10k
On the Peace 1 · 6.89/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 1 · 5.6/10k
Apollodorus Against Polycles 2 · 4.37/10k
Third Olynthiac 1 · 4.25/10k
Trapeziticus 1 · 3/10k
On the Chersonese 1 · 2.37/10k
Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καθέλκω · kathelkō — LSJ

1 draw to the sea, launch

of ships, draw to the sea, launch, E. Hel. 1531, Ar. Ach. 544, Eq. 1315, Isoc. 4.118; καθεῖλκον ναῦς ἐς τὸν Πειραιᾶ Th. 2.94: abs., Phld. Mus. p.15 K., al.:—Pass., τῶν νεῶν κατελκυσθεισέων ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt. 7.100; εἴ τι ναυτικόν ἐστι καθειλκυσμένον Th. 6.50.

2 draw down, depress, outweigh

draw down, depress the scale, Ar. Ra. 1398: metaph., outweigh, καθέλκει δρῦν πολὺ τὴν μακρὴν ὄμπνια Θεσμοφόρος Call. Aet. Oxy. 2079.9 [Fr. 1.9 Pf.]; [ἡ τροφὴ] τοῖς λοιποῖς . . ἰσοσθενεῖ καὶ κ. τὰ πάντα Gal. 19.190.

3 carry down, have been carried down to the sea

in building, carry down, τὰ σκέλη καθείλκυσται the long walls have been carried down to the sea, Str. 8.6.22.

II drag down

metaph., drag down, τὸ χεῖρον . . καθελκυσθὲν συνεφελκύσασθαι τὸ μέσον Plot. 2.9.2, cf. Luc. Apol. 11.

2 constrain, compel

constrain, compel, BGU 648.12 (ii A.D.), POxy. 899.25 (iii A.D.); τινὰ εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν Lib. Or. 15.29 (Pass.).

In the wild

καθείλκετε · katheilkete Aristophanes, Acharnians *dikaio/polos (DIORISIS sentence 417)
καθέλκειν · kathelkein Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 148)
καθέλξει · kathelxei Aristophanes, Frogs 1397–1398
καθελκύσαςʼ · kathelkysasʼ Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 947)
καθέλκειν · kathelkein Demosthenes, Apollodorus Against Polycles 4 (DIORISIS sentence 12)
καθέλκειν · kathelkein Demosthenes, Apollodorus Against Polycles 6 (DIORISIS sentence 15)

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