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ἕλκος

ἕλκος, a wound

ἕλκος, εος, τό,
  • wound, Il. 4.190, al. (never in Od.), Pi. P. 2.91, E. Tr. 1232 (pl.), etc.
      • 2 festering wound, sore, ulcer, ἕ. ὕδρου the festering bite of a serpent, Il. 2.723; plague-ulcer, Th. 2.49, X. Eq. 5.1, etc. (Gal. 10.232 defines ἕ. as ἡ τῆς συνεχείας λύσις ἐν σαρκώδει μορίῳ, and both 1.1 and 1.2 are treated in Hp. Ulc.; ἕ. is applied to amputations in Art. 68.)
    • II metaph., wound, loss, Sol. 4.17, S. Ant. 652, al.; ἕ. δήμιον A. Ag. 640; ὑποκάρδιον ἕ. Theoc. 11.15; γίγνεται ἕ. ἐφʼ ἕλκει Lib. Ep. 1063.6. (Orig. ἔλκος, cf. Lat. ulcus, Skt. árśas (n.) ‘haemorrhoidʼ: ἕ- by influence of ἕλκω.)

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