ἀφελκόω
From LSJ
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
A make an incision, tap a tree, Thphr.HP9.1.5, 9.2.1 (Pass.):—Pass., to be ulcerated, f.l. in Hp.Epid.4.41, Arist.Pr.889b13; to be abraded, Thphr.CP5.5.2.