canker
From LSJ
Ἡμερὶ πανθέλκτειρα, μεθυτρόφε, μῆτερ ὀπώρας ... → All-soothing vine, nurse of the wine, vintage's mother ... (Anthologia Palatina 7.24.1)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
disease generally: P. and V. νόσος, ἡ, νόσημα, τό.
festering sore: lit. and Met., P. and V. ἕλκος, τό.
Met., plague spot: P. and V. κακόν, τό, νόσος, ἡ, νόσημα, τό.
verb transitive
corrupt: P. and V. διαφθείρω, διαφθείρειν.
cause to rot: P. and V. σήπειν.