ἐφέλκω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπέλκω (epélkō) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ ἕλκω (hélkō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰél.kɔː/ → /eˈɸel.ko/ → /eˈfel.ko/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰél.kɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰel.ko/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈɸel.ko/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈfel.ko/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈfel.ko/

Verb

ἐφέλκω • (ephélkō)

1. to draw on, drag or trail after, lead
2. to bring on, bring in its train
3. to drink off
4. (middle voice) to draw to oneself, attract
5. (middle voice) to draw or pull over
6. (middle voice) to bring on consequences
7. (middle voice) to assume

Conjugation

   Present: ἐφέλκω, ἐφέλκομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐφέλκω	ἐφέλκεις	ἐφέλκει	ἐφέλκετον	ἐφέλκετον	ἐφέλκομεν	ἐφέλκετε	ἐφέλκουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐφέλκω	ἐφέλκῃς	ἐφέλκῃ	ἐφέλκητον	ἐφέλκητον	ἐφέλκωμεν	ἐφέλκητε	ἐφέλκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐφέλκοιμῐ	ἐφέλκοις	ἐφέλκοι	ἐφέλκοιτον	ἐφελκοίτην	ἐφέλκοιμεν	ἐφέλκοιτε	ἐφέλκοιεν
	imperative		ἔφελκε	ἐφελκέτω	ἐφέλκετον	ἐφελκέτων		ἐφέλκετε	ἐφελκόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐφέλκομαι	ἐφέλκῃ, ἐφέλκει	ἐφέλκεται	ἐφέλκεσθον	ἐφέλκεσθον	ἐφελκόμεθᾰ	ἐφέλκεσθε	ἐφέλκονται
	subjunctive	ἐφέλκωμαι	ἐφέλκῃ	ἐφέλκηται	ἐφέλκησθον	ἐφέλκησθον	ἐφελκώμεθᾰ	ἐφέλκησθε	ἐφέλκωνται
	optative	ἐφελκοίμην	ἐφέλκοιο	ἐφέλκοιτο	ἐφέλκοισθον	ἐφελκοίσθην	ἐφελκοίμεθᾰ	ἐφέλκοισθε	ἐφέλκοιντο
	imperative		ἐφέλκου	ἐφελκέσθω	ἐφέλκεσθον	ἐφελκέσθων		ἐφέλκεσθε	ἐφελκέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐφέλκειν				ἐφέλκεσθαι
participle	m	ἐφέλκων				ἐφελκόμενος
	f	ἐφέλκουσᾰ				ἐφελκομένη
	n	ἐφέλκον				ἐφελκόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔφειλκον, ἐφειλκόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔφειλκον	ἔφειλκες	ἔφειλκε(ν)	ἐφείλκετον	ἐφειλκέτην	ἐφείλκομεν	ἐφείλκετε	ἔφειλκον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐφειλκόμην	ἐφείλκου	ἐφείλκετο	ἐφείλκεσθον	ἐφειλκέσθην	ἐφειλκόμεθᾰ	ἐφείλκεσθε	ἐφείλκοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἐφέλξω, ἐφέλξομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐφέλξω	ἐφέλξεις	ἐφέλξει	ἐφέλξετον	ἐφέλξετον	ἐφέλξομεν	ἐφέλξετε	ἐφέλξουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐφέλξοιμῐ	ἐφέλξοις	ἐφέλξοι	ἐφέλξοιτον	ἐφελξοίτην	ἐφέλξοιμεν	ἐφέλξοιτε	ἐφέλξοιεν
middle	indicative	ἐφέλξομαι	ἐφέλξῃ, ἐφέλξει	ἐφέλξεται	ἐφέλξεσθον	ἐφέλξεσθον	ἐφελξόμεθᾰ	ἐφέλξεσθε	ἐφέλξονται
	optative	ἐφελξοίμην	ἐφέλξοιο	ἐφέλξοιτο	ἐφέλξοισθον	ἐφελξοίσθην	ἐφελξοίμεθᾰ	ἐφέλξοισθε	ἐφέλξοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		ἐφέλξειν			ἐφέλξεσθαι
participle	m	ἐφέλξων			ἐφελξόμενος
	f	ἐφέλξουσᾰ			ἐφελξομένη
	n	ἐφέλξον			ἐφελξόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἐφελκῠ́σομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐφελκῠ́σομαι	ἐφελκῠ́σῃ, ἐφελκῠ́σει	ἐφελκῠ́σεται	ἐφελκῠ́σεσθον	ἐφελκῠ́σεσθον	ἐφελκῠσόμεθᾰ	ἐφελκῠ́σεσθε	ἐφελκῠ́σονται
	optative	ἐφελκῠσοίμην	ἐφελκῠ́σοιο	ἐφελκῠ́σοιτο	ἐφελκῠ́σοισθον	ἐφελκῠσοίσθην	ἐφελκῠσοίμεθᾰ	ἐφελκῠ́σοισθε	ἐφελκῠ́σοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ἐφελκῠ́σεσθαι
participle	m				ἐφελκῠσόμενος
	f				ἐφελκῠσομένη
	n				ἐφελκῠσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐφείλκῠσᾰ, ἐφειλκῠσᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐφείλκῠσᾰ	ἐφείλκῠσᾰς	ἐφείλκῠσε(ν)	ἐφειλκῠ́σᾰτον	ἐφειλκῠσᾰ́την	ἐφειλκῠ́σᾰμεν	ἐφειλκῠ́σᾰτε	ἐφείλκῠσᾰν
	subjunctive	ἐφελκῠ́σω	ἐφελκῠ́σῃς	ἐφελκῠ́σῃ	ἐφελκῠ́σητον	ἐφελκῠ́σητον	ἐφελκῠ́σωμεν	ἐφελκῠ́σητε	ἐφελκῠ́σωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐφελκῠ́σαιμῐ	ἐφελκῠ́σειᾰς, ἐφελκῠ́σαις	ἐφελκῠ́σειε(ν), ἐφελκῠ́σαι	ἐφελκῠ́σαιτον	ἐφελκῠσαίτην	ἐφελκῠ́σαιμεν	ἐφελκῠ́σαιτε	ἐφελκῠ́σειᾰν, ἐφελκῠ́σαιεν
	imperative		ἐφέλκῠσον	ἐφελκῠσᾰ́τω	ἐφελκῠ́σᾰτον	ἐφελκῠσᾰ́των		ἐφελκῠ́σᾰτε	ἐφελκῠσᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐφειλκῠσᾰ́μην	ἐφειλκῠ́σω	ἐφειλκῠ́σᾰτο	ἐφειλκῠ́σᾰσθον	ἐφειλκῠσᾰ́σθην	ἐφειλκῠσᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐφειλκῠ́σᾰσθε	ἐφειλκῠ́σᾰντο
	subjunctive	ἐφελκῠ́σωμαι	ἐφελκῠ́σῃ	ἐφελκῠ́σηται	ἐφελκῠ́σησθον	ἐφελκῠ́σησθον	ἐφελκῠσώμεθᾰ	ἐφελκῠ́σησθε	ἐφελκῠ́σωνται
	optative	ἐφελκῠσαίμην	ἐφελκῠ́σαιο	ἐφελκῠ́σαιτο	ἐφελκῠ́σαισθον	ἐφελκῠσαίσθην	ἐφελκῠσαίμεθᾰ	ἐφελκῠ́σαισθε	ἐφελκῠ́σαιντο
	imperative		ἐφέλκῠσαι	ἐφελκῠσᾰ́σθω	ἐφελκῠ́σᾰσθον	ἐφελκῠσᾰ́σθων		ἐφελκῠ́σᾰσθε	ἐφελκῠσᾰ́σθων
		active			middle
infinitive		ἐφελκῠ́σαι			ἐφελκῠ́σᾰσθαι
participle	m	ἐφελκῠ́σᾱς			ἐφελκῠσᾰ́μενος
	f	ἐφελκῠ́σᾱσᾰ			ἐφελκῠσᾰμένη
	n	ἐφελκῠ́σᾰν			ἐφελκῠσᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἐφόλκαιον (ephólkaion)
• ἐφέλκυσις (ephélkusis)

Further reading

• “ἐφέλκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐφέλκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐφέλκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐφέλκω - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “ἐφέλκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • allure idem, page 25.
  • attract idem, page 51.
  • bring idem, page 99.
  • drag idem, page 249.
  • draw idem, page 250.
  • entail idem, page 276.
  • entice idem, page 277.
  • haul idem, page 388.
  • heave idem, page 393.
  • inveigle idem, page 456.
  • lure idem, page 505.
  • pull idem, page 657.
  • tow idem, page 884.
  • tug idem, page 900.