I.to draw up, τάλαντα ἀνέλκει holds them up (in weighing), Il.; ἀνελκύσαι ναῦς to haul them up high and dry, Hdt., Thuc.
2.to drag up, drag into open court or into the witness-box, Ar.:— Mid., ἀνέλκεσθαι τρίχας to tear one's own hair, Il.
II.to draw a bow, in act to shoot, Hom.:—Mid., ἔγχος ἀνελκόμενος drawing back his spear [out of the corpse], Od.