παρέλκω · parelkō — LSJ
draw aside, π. πραγμάτων ὀρθὰν ὁδόν Pi. O. 7.46 ; π. τὸ ἀκόντισμα draw it out sideways, Plu. Cam. 2 ; π. ἑαυτόν withdraw secretly, Id. Cleom. 8 ; π. τινὰ ἀπὸ . . Chrysipp. ap. D.L. 7.182 (v. l.); π. ἡ φαντασία πρός τι S.E. P. 2.77 :—Med., draw aside to oneself, get hold of by craft, οὕνεκα τῶν μὲν δῶρα παρέλκετο Od. 18.282.
lead alongside, as a led horse, Hdt. 3.102 :—Med., ὁ ἐλαύνων τὸν ἕτερον παρέλκεται Harp. s.v. ἅμιπποι :—Pass., παρέλκεσθαι ἐκ γῆς to be towed from the bank, Hdt. 2.96.
κενὰς παρέλκειν (τὰς κώπας, acc. to Sch.) pull them through the air, without dipping them, i. e. make a mere show of working, Ar. Pax 1306.
drag in, ὅταν ἀπορήσῃ . . , τότε π. αὐτόν (sc. τὸν νοῦν) Arist. Metaph. 985a20 ; τὰ Ἰουδαϊκὰ εἰς τὸν μῦθον π. Plu. Isid. 2.363d :— Pass., to be brought in as an accompaniment, Phld. Mus. p.95 K.
lug on the stage, or maul a play, Εὔπολις μὲν τὸν Μαρικᾶν . . παρείλκυσεν Ar. Nu. 553.
spin out in time, τὰ κατὰ τὸν κίνδυνον π. ὀλίγας ἡμέρας Plb. 2.70.3, etc.; μηδὲν παρέλκων without delay, SIG 306.43 (Tegea, iv B. C.) : c. acc., put off, fob off, τινα PMagd. l.c., etc.: abs., μὴ μύνῃσι παρέλκετε put not things off by excuses, Od. 21.111 ; also π. τὸν χρόνον D.H. 2.45, Luc. Am. 54 :—Pass., to be delayed, Plb. 5.30.5, 22.4.11, D.H. 10.19.
intr., to be prolonged, continue, Luc. Am. 25, Eun. Hist. p.260 D.; ἡδονῆς παρέλκοντα μέτρα Luc. Am. 21.
to be redundant, περιττὰ καὶ παρέλκοντα Ph. 1.227, cf. Phld. D. 3.14, Arr. Epict. 1.7.29, S.E. P. 2.175 ; περὶ τῶν παρελκόντων λόγων, title of work by Chrysippus, Stoic. 2.7 : so in Gramm., τὰ παρέλκοντα A.D. Pron. 3.6 :—Pass., τὰ ἐκ περιττοῦ παρελκόμενα τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασι things merely appended to the arts, extraneous additions to them, Plb. 9.20.6, cf. D.H. 4.20, Plu. E apud Delph. 2.386d, A.D. Pron. 79.27.
intr., to be derived, ἀπό . . ib. 6.16.