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|lshtext=<b>ulcus</b>: (hulc-), ĕris, n. [[ἕλκος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[sore]], [[ulcer]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Cels. 5, 9; 5, 14; 5, 26, n. 31; 5, 28, n. 6 al.; Plin. 23, 6, 60, § 112; 23, 9, 81, § 161; 22, 23, 49, § 103; Lucr. 6, 1148; 6, 1166; Verg. G. 3, 454; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 24; Pers. 3, 113 al.—Prov.: [[ulcus]] tangere, to [[touch]] a [[sore]] [[spot]], [[touch]] on a [[delicate]] [[subject]], Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of trees, an [[excrescence]], Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227: montium hulcera, i. e. [[marble]] quarries, id. 36, 15, 24, § 125.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: [[ulcus]] (i. e. [[amor]]) [[enim]] vivescit et inveterascit alendo, Lucr. 4, 1068: [[quicquid]] horum attigeris, [[ulcus]] est, it [[will]] [[prove]] a [[sore]] [[place]], i. e. [[will]] [[turn]] [[out]] [[absurd]], Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 104: si tu in hoc ulcere [[tamquam]] [[inguen]] exsisteres, id. Dom. 5, 12.
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