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> [[festering wound]], [[sore]], [[ulcer]], <b class="b3">ἕ. ὕδρου</b> [[the festering bite]] of a serpent, <span class="bibl">Il.2.723</span>; [[plague-ulcer]], <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>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[wound]], [[ulcer]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">ἑλκο-ποιός</b> [[making wounds]] (A.) with <b class="b3">ἑλκοποιέω</b> (Aeschin.).<br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">ἑλκύδριον</b> (Hp., Ar.; on the suffix Chantr. Form. 72f.); <b class="b3">ἑλκώδης</b> [[ulcerated]] (Hp., E.), <b class="b3">ἑλκήεις</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Man.); denomin. verbs: <b class="b3">ἑλκόομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[fester]], act. [[wound]] (Hp., E.; also with prefix: <b class="b3">ἀν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀφ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐφ-</b>, <b class="b3">καθ-</b>, <b class="b3">προ-</b>); from it (<b class="b3">ἀφ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐφ-)ἕλκωσις</b> [[festering]] (Hp., Th.) with <b class="b3">ἑλκωτικός</b>, <b class="b3">ἕλκωμα</b> [[wound]], [[ulcer]] (Hp., Thphr.) with <b class="b3">ἑλκωματικός</b>; from <b class="b3">ἐφελκόομαι</b> also <b class="b3">ἐφελκίς</b> [[scab of a wound]] (medic.); <b class="b3">ἑλκαίνω</b> [[fester]] (A. Ch. 843) with postverbal <b class="b3">ἕλκανα τραύματα</b> H. (not correct Benveniste Origines 16); also <b class="b3">ἑλκανῶσα ἡλκωμένη η ἡλκοποιημένη ὑπὸ πυρός</b> H. (Schwyzer 700).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [310] <b class="b2">*h₁elḱ-os</b> [[ulcer]]<br />Etymology: Old noun, identical with Lat. [[ulcus]] (< <b class="b2">*elkos</b>) [[ulcer]], Skt. <b class="b2">árśas-</b> n. [[haemorrhoids]]. The spir. asper from <b class="b3">ἕλκω</b>?