καθέλκω

A. καθέλξω Ar. Ra. 1398, καθελκύσω Luc. DDeor. 21.1: aor. part. καθελκύσαντες Th. 6.34: pf. καθείλκυκα D. 5.12:—Pass., aor. and pf. (v. infr.):

1. 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 καθειλκυς μένον Th. 6.50.

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

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

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

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