ἕλκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wound]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.190</span>, al. (never in Od.), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.91</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 1232</span> (pl.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">festering wound, sore, ulcer</b>, <b class="b3">ἕ. ὕδρου</b> <b class="b2">the festering bite</b> of a serpent, <span class="bibl">Il.2.723</span>; <b class="b2">plague-ulcer</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>5.1</span>, etc. (Gal. 10.232 defines <b class="b3">ἕ</b>. as <b class="b3">ἡ τῆς συνεχείας λύσις ἐν σαρκώδει μορίῳ</b>, and both 1.1 and 1.2 are treated in Hp.<span class="title">Ulc.</span>; <b class="b3">ἕ</b>. is applied to amputations in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Art.</span>68</span>.) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[wound]], [[loss]], <span class="bibl">Sol.4.17</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>652</span>,al.; ἕ. δήμιον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>640</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποκάρδιον ἕ</b>. <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.15</span>; γίγνεται ἕ. ἐφ' ἕλκει <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1063.6</span>. (Orig. <b class="b3">Ελκος</b>, cf. Lat.[[ulcus]], Skt.[[árśas]] (n.) 'haemorrhoid': <b class="b3">ἕ-</b> by influence of <b class="b3">ἕλκω</b>.)</span>