A.“-ελκύσαι” Herm. in Phdr.p.170A.:—draw or pull against, Th.4.14; ἀ. ἀλλήλαις pull against one another, Pl.Lg.644e; ἀ. τὴν ψυχήν draw it in a contrary direction, Id.R.439b; “φιλανθρώπως τινὰς ἀ.” D.S.30.8: metaph., of resistance of facts to suggested inference, “εἰς τοὐναντίον μηδενὸς -κοντος” Phld.Sign.17, cf. 18; “ἀ. τινὰ πρὸς αὑτὰς ἑκάστη” Luc.Demon.63:—Pass., Pl.Ax.372, D.H.3.30.
ἀνθέλκω , aor. inf.