ἕλκος,εος,τό,
A. wound, Il. 4.190 , al. (never in Od. ), Pi. P. 2.91 , E. Tr. 1232 (pl.), etc.
2. festering wound, sore, ulcer,ἕ. ὕδρου the festering biteof a serpent, Il. 2.723 ;plague-ulcer, Th. 2.49 , X. Eq. 5.1 , etc. ( Gal. 10.232 definesἕ. asἡ τῆς συνεχείας λύσις ἐν σαρκώδει μορίῳ, and both 1.1 and 1.2 are treated in Hp. Ulc. ;ἕ. is applied to amputations in Art. 68 .)
II. metaph.,wound, loss, Sol. 4.17 , S. Ant. 652 ,al.; ἕ. δήμιον
A. Ag. 640
;ὑποκάρδιον ἕ. Theoc. 11.15 ; γίγνεται ἕ. ἐφ' ἕλκει
Lib. Ep. 1063.6
. (Orig.Ἔλκος, cf. Lat.ulcus, Skt.árśas(n.) 'haemorrhoid':ἕ-by influence ofἕλκω.)